The drones and missiles were immobilized after the brief but intense military battle of Pakistan this month. But the two neighbors have increased the heat of another long -standing conflict on the sharing of water.
One day after terrorists killed 26 people on the Indian side of cashmere in April, triggering tensions that would lead to four days of climbing conflicts, the Indian government said that it would suspend a vital pact governing the rivers flowing from India to Pakistan.
This agreement, the Treaty of Water in Indus, covers a river system on which tens of millions of people count for their livelihoods and survival. India, which linked the April attack to Pakistan, said that it would move away from its obligations under the pact until its sworn enemy “in a credible and irrevocably” renounces support for cross -border terrorism. Pakistan, which denied any role in the terrorist attack, described an “act of war” the decision of India.
The targeting of India of water, however, is not only to fight against terrorism, according to analysts. The Indian government was frustrated by the 65 -year -old treaty, believing that he favored Pakistan from the start, and analysts say that India hopes to force Pakistan to renegotiate it. This could allow India to better use its waters attributed to meet the needs of its immense population and adapt to climate change.
India’s decision to put the “unanswered” agreement – and the vague conditions he imposed on Pakistan to reverse this – injected a note of uncertainty into the future of a treaty that has survived several wars and conflicts.
Complete ventilation would have serious consequences for the two countries, in particular Pakistan, an arid land with few other sources of water.
