India must revise the 1960-Indus Water Treaty. The Indus Water Treaty of 1960 was an injustice to India as Rajasthan remains dry and arid due to this treaty. The Indus river system has six rivers - Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Beas and Satluj. According the treaty the water of three rivers - Indus, Chenab and Jhelum was allotted to Pakistan and the water of Ravi, Beas and Satluj was allotted to India. But, the three rivers allotted to India carry only 20% of water of total Indus river system and the three rivers allotted to Pakistan carry 80% of water volume of the total Indus river system. So, it was not as simple as seems that three rivers were allotted to India and three were allotted to Pakistan. But , the water volume was not considered. The size and population of both the countries were not considered. So, it is not a proportional water distribution. The Great Thar desert has an arid area of 2 lakh sq km out of which 85% areas is in India's Rajasthan. Rajasthan has no ...
Aryavart Geopolitics strategically analyse the recent national and international events from India's point of view.