India must uphold water-sharing treaty with Pakistan, international court says
The court said a World Bank-appointed expert will decide by July 2027 whether India’s hydro projects comply with the treaty.
- On Monday, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that India must limit construction on a Kashmir hydroelectric plant and uphold the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, which India suspended last year.
- India suspended the treaty last year, which ensures water supply to 80% of Pakistani farms, marking a departure from the 1960 agreement both nations had honored despite prior regional conflicts.
- Agreeing with Pakistan, the court restricted India from building the Ratle Hydro-Electric Plant dam wall above specific levels until 90 days after a World Bank-appointed neutral expert issues a decision.
- India's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the verdict "categorically," stating the court lacks jurisdiction over sovereign decisions and its pronouncements will have no effect on India's projects.
- A neutral expert will determine by July 2027 whether hydroelectric projects in the Himalayan region comply with treaty obligations, while the court affirmed the Indus Waters Treaty remains fully in force.
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India rejects ruling on water-sharing treaty with Pakistan by Hague court
India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on a hydroelectric plant it is building in the Kashmir region, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague said on Monday. India in April last year suspended the treaty that ensures water supply to 80 per cent of Pakistani farms, after India identified as Pakistani two of three assailants in an attack that killed 26 people at a t…
India must uphold water-sharing treaty with Pakistan, international court says
India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on an hydroelectric plant it is building in the Kashmir region, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague said on Monday.
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Hague arbitration panel says India must honor water-sharing treaty with Pakistan
An international arbitration panel in The Hague has ruled that India must honor a decades-old water-sharing treaty with Pakistan.
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India on Monday rejected the Permanent Court of Arbitration's ruling that the Indus Waters Treaty remains fully in force, insisting that its decision to keep the 1960 pact in abeyance still stands. New Delhi also rejected interim restrictions imposed by the
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