India must uphold water-sharing treaty with Pakistan, arbitration court says
The Hague-based court said the Indus Water Treaty remains fully in force and found no justification for India to end or suspend the agreement.
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India must limit work on an hydroelectric plant in the Kashmir region and uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended over tensions with its neighbouring country, the Permanent Court of Arbitration said today (31 August).
The Hague-based court said the Indus Water Treaty between the two countries remained fully in force, as India had no justification for ending or suspending the agreement.
The court said a neutral expert, appointed by the World Bank, would judge by July 2027 whether the construction of hydroelectric plants in the Himalayan region was in line with the treaty.
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