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Issues of conflict between India and Pakistan

Issues of conflict between India and Pakistan. Sir Creek Siachin Glacier Water disputes-( Salal , Wullar , Baglihar and Krishna Ganga Projects. Sir Creek. Western terminas of Pak-India border in Runn of Kutch Unsolved since 1969

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Issues of conflict between India and Pakistan

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  1. Issues of conflict between India and Pakistan • Sir Creek • Siachin Glacier • Water disputes-(Salal, Wullar, Baglihar and Krishna Ganga Projects

  2. Sir Creek • Western terminas of Pak-India border in Runn of Kutch • Unsolved since 1969 • Economically important rather than military point of view • Energy rich region,oil and gas reserves below the sea bed. • India claims that boundary should run in the middle while Pakistan maintains that it is part of Sindh.

  3. Boundary already demarcated in 1914 under British Indian Government • Eight round of talks have been held till now without a breakthrough • Pakistan has proposed for international arbitration but India flatly refuses it.

  4. Siachin Glacier • Located in the eastern Karakorm range in the Himalaya Mountains • 70 km long strip • Longest in the Karakorm and second largest in the world’s non-polar regions • Both the countries have maintained permanent military presence in the region

  5. India wants Pakistan to officially recognize LoC as permanent border, a demand that Pakistan can never accept • Almost 1 million dollars expenditure a day

  6. Water disputes • Salal dam on River Chenab • Wullar Barrage-a storage at Wullar lake in 1980’s • Project halted in 1987 due to Pakistan’s objection • Baglihar Dam-project on River Chenab ,conceived in1992 and construction began in 1999.

  7. Serious implications for Pakistan agriculture • In 2007 the matter decided by World Bank • Krishna Ganga Project is 330 mega watt dam • Located in Muzafarabad

  8. Diversion will change the course of Neelumby around 100 km and Pakistan’s Neelum Valley will dry up • About 1228 water sharing treaties have been signed in the last 50 years, but still the disputes persist between both of the nuclear powers of the region.

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