{"id":53204,"date":"2019-10-18T11:38:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T06:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=53204"},"modified":"2019-10-18T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T06:08:24","slug":"answered-rivers-have-no-boundaries-and-no-regions-in-light-of-this-statement-discuss-various-consequences-of-stopping-river-sharing-to-pakistan-do-you-think-it-is-morally-correct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-rivers-have-no-boundaries-and-no-regions-in-light-of-this-statement-discuss-various-consequences-of-stopping-river-sharing-to-pakistan-do-you-think-it-is-morally-correct\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cRivers have no boundaries and no regions.\u201d In light of this statement discuss various consequences of stopping river sharing to Pakistan. Do you think it is morally correct to stop sharing of river water to Pakistan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Consequences of stopping river sharing to Pakistan. Is it moral to stop river water sharing to Pakistan?
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Indus Water Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan, over the utilisation of water of 6 rivers (Indus System) that flow through in India and then reach Pakistan. According to IWT, 3 eastern rivers namely Ravi, Beas and Sutlej are under control of India and 3 western rivers namely Indus, Jhelum and Chenab are under the control of Pakistan. Recently, due to rising India-Pakistan tensions, there are voices of reducing river water shared with Pakistan. It will not only affect Pakistan but would also have some consequences to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequences of stopping river sharing to\nPakistan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Any form of India’s\nopen withdrawal from the treaty will draw the World Bank into the dispute and\nin support of Pakistan. This would further deteriorate India\u2019s relations with Pakistan.<\/li>
  2. If India decides to\nwithdraw from the treaty, Pakistan may take India to International Court of\nJustice (ICJ). <\/li>
  3. The Indus Treaty was\nmediated by the World Bank who is also a\nsignatory. The reactions of the World Bank to the abrogation of the Treaty\nwould be adverse, as would have been the reactions of the international\ncommunity in general. <\/li>
  4. From the position of\nbeing praised for the steadfast maintenance of the Treaty, India will face\ninternational displeasure for violating the treaty. <\/li>
  5. Other countries with\nwhich India has similar treaties (Nepal, Bangladesh) might found their faith in\nIndia shaken and become apprehensive about their own treaties with us.<\/li>
  6. If India decides to\nignore international norms and treats the Indus waters as a weapon to punish\nPakistan, it will unfortunately lead to huge human insecurity in the\nneighbouring country that is environmentally and politically incorrect that\nwould lead death of many people because of famine and it would harm some\nendangered species also.<\/li>
  7. Stopping water will\ngive Pakistan the reason to defend its terrorist attacks on India and justify\ntheir acts of terrorism to Pakistani peoples.\nTerrorist would use this as a tool to radicalise youth for terrorist\nactivities.<\/li>
  8. If India breaks the\ntreaty and stop water, India\u2019s image around the world would be impacted and\nwould give other countries reason to take side with Pakistan for whatever\nreason. So it will damage India\u2019s reputation as a peace loving country.<\/li>
  9. India may face\nenvironmental damage. Building dams could also cause flood in the area.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Is it moral to\nstop river water sharing to Pakistan?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Ending river water sharing unilaterally is immoral and inhumane as it would lead to famine like situation causing death of several innocents.<\/li>
    2. Further, it is not\nneeded to stop river water sharing as Pakistan is already under pressure\ninternationally for sponsoring terrorists and is under threat of being\nblacklisted by FATF.<\/li>
    3. It will further\ndeteriorate India\u2019s relations with Pakistan to lowest level and would further\nincrease the threat of attacks on India jeopardising India\u2019s security and\npeace.<\/li>
    4. It is inhuman and\nimmoral to segregate rivers as boundaries and a tool to put pressure on anyone.<\/li>
    5. It is against\nprinciple of nature and natural justice.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      It is true that recent relations between India and Pakistan are strained to a new low. By stopping river water to Pakistan it would be injustice to humanity and would be an immoral act. What is needed is that India should resolve its issues with Pakistan bilaterally and should not stop basic natural resources to Pakistan, as instead of serving the purpose, it would lead to further low in India Pakistan relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Consequences of stopping river sharing to Pakistan. Is it moral to stop river water sharing to Pakistan? Conclusion. Way forward. Indus Water Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan, over the utilisation of water of 6 rivers (Indus System) that flow through in India and then reach… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cRivers have no boundaries and no regions.\u201d In light of this statement discuss various consequences of stopping river sharing to Pakistan. Do you think it is morally correct to stop sharing of river water to Pakistan?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53204","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}