Water Sharing Pact

Reports in Bangladesh have claimed that the flooding in the country is caused partially due to the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, prompting a fact-check by the Government of India, which trashed all such reports as "fake".

India and Bangladesh today signed an interim water sharing agreement for Kushiyara river, the first such pact since the signing of the Ganga water treaty in 1996.

The National Green Tribunal-appointed Yamuna Monitoring Committee has recommended revisiting the 1994 water sharing agreement between Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi to ensure environmental flow in the river throughout the year.

The Supreme Court will today deliver the judgment on the dispute over 120-year-old Cauvery river water sharing. The disagreements over the water sharing pact has been at the centre of dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Last month, the Supreme Court had indicated that it would deliver its verdict within four weeks, saying enough confusion had...

Pakistan has requested the World Bank to fulfill its obligation to establish a court of arbitration to settle its water dispute with India in the light of the Indus Waters Treaty.

A constructive engagement between India and Pakistan during the recently held water talks in Washington has raised hopes for an amicable resolution of disputes under the Indus Waters Treaty, a media report in Islamabad said today.

India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the World Bank has said.

The governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should work out a water-sharing agreement to take the Ken-Betwa River Link Project (KBLP) forward, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said today.

Tamil Nadu has agreed for talks on reviewing the water sharing agreement under the Parabikulam-Aliyar project, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the state assembly today.

Expressing anxiousness over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reaction on the Teesta water pact proposal, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that common water resources will act as a uniting force between India and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that resolution of the long-pending Teesta water sharing issue will transform bilateral ties with India.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is on a four-day visit to India and arrived in Delhi yesterday, received a grand welcome from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. PM Hasina then headed to Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.

Its point made, India's Indus commissioner will travel to Pakistan later this month to resume the Indus Water Treaty talks that New Delhi had put on the ice after last September's terrorist attack on the Uri army base in Jammu and Kashmir. "Blood and water cannot flow together," Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared soon after the attack that kille...

China today reacted guardedly to India's decision to suspend talks with Pakistan under Indus Water Treaty, saying it hopes the two countries can "properly" address disputes and improve ties through dialogue and consultation.

India today said "behind the scene" efforts are underway to resolve the long-pending Teesta water sharing issue with Bangladesh similar to the settlement of the historic Land Boundary Agreement with the neighbouring country.

Reports in Bangladesh have claimed that the flooding in the country is caused partially due to the opening of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal, prompting a fact-check by the Government of India, which trashed all such reports as "fake".

India and Bangladesh today signed an interim water sharing agreement for Kushiyara river, the first such pact since the signing of the Ganga water treaty in 1996.

The National Green Tribunal-appointed Yamuna Monitoring Committee has recommended revisiting the 1994 water sharing agreement between Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi to ensure environmental flow in the river throughout the year.

The Supreme Court will today deliver the judgment on the dispute over 120-year-old Cauvery river water sharing. The disagreements over the water sharing pact has been at the centre of dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Last month, the Supreme Court had indicated that it would deliver its verdict within four weeks, saying enough confusion had...

Pakistan has requested the World Bank to fulfill its obligation to establish a court of arbitration to settle its water dispute with India in the light of the Indus Waters Treaty.

A constructive engagement between India and Pakistan during the recently held water talks in Washington has raised hopes for an amicable resolution of disputes under the Indus Waters Treaty, a media report in Islamabad said today.

India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the World Bank has said.

The governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should work out a water-sharing agreement to take the Ken-Betwa River Link Project (KBLP) forward, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said today.

Tamil Nadu has agreed for talks on reviewing the water sharing agreement under the Parabikulam-Aliyar project, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the state assembly today.

Expressing anxiousness over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reaction on the Teesta water pact proposal, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that common water resources will act as a uniting force between India and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that resolution of the long-pending Teesta water sharing issue will transform bilateral ties with India.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is on a four-day visit to India and arrived in Delhi yesterday, received a grand welcome from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. PM Hasina then headed to Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.

Its point made, India's Indus commissioner will travel to Pakistan later this month to resume the Indus Water Treaty talks that New Delhi had put on the ice after last September's terrorist attack on the Uri army base in Jammu and Kashmir. "Blood and water cannot flow together," Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared soon after the attack that kille...

China today reacted guardedly to India's decision to suspend talks with Pakistan under Indus Water Treaty, saying it hopes the two countries can "properly" address disputes and improve ties through dialogue and consultation.

India today said "behind the scene" efforts are underway to resolve the long-pending Teesta water sharing issue with Bangladesh similar to the settlement of the historic Land Boundary Agreement with the neighbouring country.