The officials confirmed that India opened the gates of the dams have been opened to control the rising water levels caused by ...

The Indus Water Treaty (IWT), signed on September 19, 1960, was brokered by the World Bank after nine years of negotiations.

Post suspension of the Treaty, India can start taking more water for irrigation and drinking and also stop sharing of data on ...

Q1: What is the Indus Waters Treaty, and why does it matter? A1: The IWT governs water usage in the Indus River Basin. The frontier that partitioned British India in 1947, separating modern India and ...

It awarded use of the three eastern rivers — the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas — to India, and of the three western ones — the Indus itself, the Chenab and the Jhelum — to Pakistan downstream.