This document discusses water issues facing Pakistan and solutions. It summarizes the 1960 Indus Water Treaty that divided water rights between Pakistan and India. It warns that Pakistan faces future water shortages due to dams built by India on rivers allocated to Pakistan under the treaty. It outlines steps Pakistan must take to address its water crisis, including building a water telemetry system to monitor usage, constructing new dams, building desalination plants to produce fresh water, treating and recycling water, and minimizing water usage.
5. INDUS WATER TREATY SEP,1960On April 1, 1948, India stopped the supply of water to Pakistan from every canal flowing from India to Pakistan. Pakistan protested and India finally agreed on an interim agreement on May 4, 1948. This agreement was not a permanent solution; therefore, Pakistan approached the World Bank in 1952 finally in Ayub Khan's regime that an agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in September 1960.
6. INDUS WATER TREATYThis treaty divided the use of rivers and canals between the two countries. Pakistan obtained exclusive rights for the three western rivers, namely Indus, Jehlum and Chenab. And India retained rights to the three eastern rivers, namely Ravi, Beas and Sutluj. Three multipurpose dams, Warsak, Mangla and Tarbela , a system of eight link canals . Five barrages were also constructed under this treaty.
32. AERIAL VIEW OF KANUPPA R A B I A N S E AEXISTING RO PLANTNUCLEAR DESALINATION PLANTAN UNDERCONSTRUCTION DESLINATION PLANT IN KANUPP WITH CAPACITY OF PRODUSING ONE LAC GALLON FRESH WATER PER DAY.