Water Aggression of India in Violation of Indus Water Treaty: Critical Analysis under International Law

Authors

  • Sania Muneer
  • Muhammad Mumtaz Ali khan
  • Adnan Rahman

Keywords:

Indus Water Treaty. Water Terrorism, War, International Liability and International Law

Abstract

This paper investigates the value of freshwater and water infrastructure to human being in their ecological unit of health and the parallel execution of a commercial and industrial economy creates water and water structure intention for terrorism. Water is turning into a burning issue for Pakistan. It is a fact that the nation is confronting a terrible circumstance with respect to its quick exhausting new water assets. It is a matter of survival for Pakistan, essentially an agrarian nation; water turns into the most vital of all the common assets. Pakistan depends vigorously on the Indus Basin water to meet its local, agrarian and mechanical needs. However, the developing populace and increasing temperature is including weight the developing water requests. As water is vital for the economy of Pakistan and India is taking water of the streams, to be specific Sindh, Jhelum & Chenab, allotted to Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty. Along these lines, Pakistan ought to be ready and India ought to be halted from doing this. Generally, in the consequence of that war may begin due to the water terrorism. This paper surveys Pakistan's rights on behalf of the “Indus Waters Treaty”(hereinafter shall be referred as IWT) under the relevant provisions of the International Law. Furthermore, it highlights the Indian infringement of the procurements of the Indus Water Treaty, while building hydropower ventures on the western rivers which prompted the war on water terrorism. This paper recognized India's dissimilar uncalled for communications with Pakistan in water-sharing. The imperative point is that, water has the capability of junction into an additional 'center issue' of significantly more prominent unmistakable quality than Kashmir, and calls for critical consideration under the relevant provisions of International Law.

Published

2021-12-31