At the time of independence, the boundary line between the two newly created independent countries i.e. Pakistan and India was drawn right across the Indus Basin, leaving Pakistan as the lower riparian. Moreover, two important irrigation head works, one at Madhopur on Ravi River and the other at Ferozepur on Sutlej River, on which the irrigation canal supplies in Punjab (Pakistan) had been completely dependent, were left in the Indian territory. A dispute thus arose between two countries regarding the utilization of irrigation water from existing facilities. In order to solve the water dispute between these two countries Indus Waters Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan. The Indus Waters Treaty is a landmark water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan signed in Karachi on 19 september 1960 by the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan. But the World Bank brokered the 1960 agreement that regulates the flow of six rivers betwe...
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