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India, Pak bury acrimony, talk sharing of river water

They also decided to use watershed management to ensure uninterrupted and increased water flow from the rivers.

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Experts from India and Pakistan have agreed on installing telemetry systems on rivers that originate from Kashmir and Himachal Pardesh. They also decided to use watershed management to ensure uninterrupted and increased water flow from the rivers.

The two countries have been engaged in a war of words over
water sharing.

According to well-placed government sources in Islamabad, the two sides reached at an agreement in this regard during the dialogue between a group of experts from India and Pakistan. The dialogue was held in New Delhi from May 5 to 7 under the auspices of the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR).

According to a participant of the dialogue, which is part of Track II diplomacy, Pakistan’s side succeeded in persuading India to install telemetry systems to ensure transparency in water flow and prevent any sort of water theft. The Pakistani experts also convinced them for a joint watershed management of the rivers which steer to Pakistan.

According to the experts, if the plans materialise, water dispute between Pakistan and India would be resolved. The telemetry systems would ensure the transparency of quantum of water that will travel from India to Pakistan, while with watershed management, ecology of the area where a particular river originates will automatically improve resulting into a better flow of water in Chenab and Jehlum rivers.

The group included Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Sherry Rehman, Syeda Hameed, member of Planning commission of India, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Ahsan Iqbal, Najmuddin Shaikh, Salman Haider, Neerja Chowdhry, Humayun Khan, General Jehangir Karamat, former Pakistan army chief Gen VP Malik, former Indian army chief General Dipankar Bannerjee, V Balachandran, Amitabh Mattoo and Bushra Gohar.

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