Re: Indus Water Treaty
Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:45
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/pakistanis-want-peace-with-india-1.786131
Kuldip Nayar
Anyway I don't think this can be given in such an simplistic manner.
Kuldip Nayar
http://www.the news.c om.p k/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=40982&Cat=6&dt=4/11/2011
We, a 12-member delegation who went to Pakistan to promote people-to-people contact, saw the same scenes of fear-stricken people in Karachi, Hyderabad, Islamabad and Lahore. At some places there were bunkers on the roadside. Still, nowhere did we see panic. Nor was there any effect on the turnout at the series of events arranged for us. People seem to have learnt to live with terrorism.
A rash observer will blame Pakistan for the plight in which it has landed itself. To some extent, it is true. But the real responsibility lies on the shoulders of America. After winning the cold war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, the US dropped Pakistan like a hot potato.
As regards water, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered the integrated development of the Indus basin if Pakistan does not favour the three-river allotment under the Indus Water Treaty.
Brisoce: The two countries using water as a common resource should cooperate and open up a range of possibilities through “optimum development of the rivers” by “mutual agreement to the fullest possible extent.”
Was there any discussion on this aspect (pakis asking for joint control forgetting that they get lion's share of water depriving India of its legitimate share and ignoring requirement of Water in J&K , that too when India is an Uper riparian state). MMS wants to renegotiate IWT?? Are we yielding ground on this without negotiating a fresh treaty? Why Parliament was not informed and debated on this issue?The water issues can be judiciously addressed by sharing the water as a “collective resource” for our future generations. Any major upstream alteration in a river system, should be negotiated, not imposed as in case of Indian water overtures on river Jhelum.
Anyway I don't think this can be given in such an simplistic manner.