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CHAPTER 3

AGREEMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO SHARED RIVERS WITHIN SOUTH ASIA AND BEYOND

SHAFQAT KAKAKHEL

The author is a former senior Pakistani diplomat and former UN Assistant Secretary General and currently Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad

Contents

3.1. INTRODUCTION 2
3.2. AGREEMENTS ON SHARED RIVER WATERS NEGOTIATED BY INDIA AND NEPAL 3
3.2.1. The Sarda Barrage Agreement 4
3.2.2. The Koshi Project Agreement 4
3.2.3. The Gandak Irrigation and Power Project Agreement 5
3.2.4. The Tanakpur Barrage Agreement 5
3.2.5. The Treaty on the Integrated Development of the Mahakali River 6
3.3. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND INDIA 7
3.3.1. Background 7
3.3.2. Agreements on the sharing of the Ganges flows 9
3.3.3. The Treaty on the Sharing of the Ganga/Ganges Waters at Farakka (12th December, 1996)…….. 10
3.3.4. Bangladesh-India Dispute over the Teesta and other shared Rivers 12
3.4. THE INDIA-PAKISTAN AGREEMENT ON THE INDUS RIVER BASIN: THE INDUS WATERS TREATY (IWT), 1960 14
3.4.1. Key Elements of the IWT 15
3.4.2. Implementation of IWT 16
3.4.3. Future Prospects 17
3.5. AGREEMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO SHARED TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS BEYOND SOUTH ASIA 18
3.5.1. THE MEKONG COMMISSION 19
3.5.2. THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE 19
3.5.3. THE AMAZON COOPERATON TREATY ORGANZIATION (ACTO) 20
3.6. CONCULSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 20

3.1. INTRODUCTION
Six countries of South Asia¬¬—Afghanistan, Bangladesh,

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