As a result of Pakistan’s intransigence in resolving conflicts, India informed Pakistan on January 25 that it intended to revise the 62-year-old treaty for the management of cross-border rivers that had been mediated by the World Bank.
The World Bank’s choice to select a neutral expert at India’s request and to proceed with an arbitration hearing at Pakistan’s request to resolve the Kishanganga issue is what has led to the current deadlock.India has urged that the pact have a graduated procedure for resolving such disputes, with the two countries’ commissioners for the Indus Waters acting as the first port of call, followed by a neutral expert and, finally, by an arbitration tribunal.Source:- Adda247Even the World Bank admitted that having two concurrent procedures was an issue. Our understanding and evaluation is that this is not in accordance with the terms of the treaty, Arindam Bagchi, a spokesperson for the external affairs ministry, said at a weekly press conference.
Therefore, we’ve been discussing a graded approach…
He noted that the World Bank had said it was moving on with the two processes since both countries had requested them and said, I don’t think our opposition has altered at all in this . What do you think about this ? Share your views in the comments below .
India criticizes the World Bank for not being able to comprehend the Indus Waters Treaty, saying
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