New Delhi: In a significant recommendation, a parliamentary panel on Thursday urged the government to re-negotiate Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, noting that important issues such as climate change, global warming and environmental impact assessment are missing from the agreement dividing the Indus waters.
The Standing Committee on Water Resources said, the treaty was formulated on the basis of existing knowledge and technology in 1960, when the two countries’ approach was to reach only river management and use of water through construction of dams, barrages, canals and hydro-electricity. It was limited. generation.
Any suggestion to “renegotiate” the IWT is viewed in a political light and is unlikely to be welcomed in Pakistan. Although India has not taken steps to change this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first term as prime minister approved proposals to further develop the use of India’s share following border tensions with Pakistan.
The panel recommended that the government examine the feasibility of maximizing the provisions of the treaty in the context of “full use of all accessible waters of the eastern rivers and irrigation and hydroelectric potential of the western rivers including permissible water storage”. “.
“The treaty needs to be renegotiated to establish an institutional framework or a legislative framework to address the impact of climate change on water availability and other challenges,” said the panel headed by BJP’s Lok Sabha member Sanjay Jaiswal.
The committee presented its report on flood management in the country through a number of measures including international water treaties and agreements with Pakistan, China and Bhutan.
The Standing Committee on Water Resources said, the treaty was formulated on the basis of existing knowledge and technology in 1960, when the two countries’ approach was to reach only river management and use of water through construction of dams, barrages, canals and hydro-electricity. It was limited. generation.
Any suggestion to “renegotiate” the IWT is viewed in a political light and is unlikely to be welcomed in Pakistan. Although India has not taken steps to change this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first term as prime minister approved proposals to further develop the use of India’s share following border tensions with Pakistan.
The panel recommended that the government examine the feasibility of maximizing the provisions of the treaty in the context of “full use of all accessible waters of the eastern rivers and irrigation and hydroelectric potential of the western rivers including permissible water storage”. “.
“The treaty needs to be renegotiated to establish an institutional framework or a legislative framework to address the impact of climate change on water availability and other challenges,” said the panel headed by BJP’s Lok Sabha member Sanjay Jaiswal.
The committee presented its report on flood management in the country through a number of measures including international water treaties and agreements with Pakistan, China and Bhutan.
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