Water dispute between Pakistan and India

Water has been the cause of war on several occasions in history. In 1962, negotiations between Brazil and Paraguay over the development of Parana River region where interrupted when the former invaded the area and to control of the Guaira Falls site. Brazil took five years to withdraw its troops after an agreement with Paraguay to re-examine the development of the region was reached.
Water is the sensitive issue and if India continues to deny Pakistan to its share, it can lead to war between the two countries. The talk of a war with India over water is an alarming turn in the conflict debate but is not something new. Water has become the latest cause to stoke tensions between India and Pakistan; the world may be perilously close to its first water war.
Water is linked to the crises of climate change energy and food supplies and prices, and troubled financial markets.
The first attempt to use water as a military tool was made in 1503 when Leonardo da Vinci and Machiavelli planned to divert Amo River away from Pisa during the conflicts between Paris and Florence.
In early 2009, Pakistan was seen being on the drink of a water disaster, as the availability of the water which was 5000 cubic meter per capita 60 years ago has declined to 1,200 cubic meters. By 2020, it may fall to about 00 cubic meters per capita. In recent weeks water storage has worsened from 30 to 40 per sent because of the drought that may reduce the Rabi crops produce by 20 per cent.
The first phase of Baghlihar dam, a 450 MW hydroelectric power project initialed in the 1990s, was completed on October 10, 2008. India has blocked Pakistan’s water supply from Chenab River and it may increase the lead to war between two countries. If Pakistan does not show upright then Pakistan can become desert within the next 10 to 15 years.
Pakistan has objected to the design of the Kishanganga project for not being in line with the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty as it diverts the water of Jhelum River and there could be 30 per cent water shortage for Rabi crop season. India has almost completed a 22-kilometer long tunnel to divert Kishanganga waters to Wullar Lake in India held Jammu and Kashmir. It will reduce water levels downstream in the plains of Punjab province threatening irrigation and power projects. India attempt to use water as a geo-strategic tool is in contravention to the Indus treaty. Under the treaty, India has been allotted exclusive control over the waters of the eastern rivers which are the Rivi, the Beas and the Sutlej. Pakistan controls the water of the three western rivers- the Indus, the Jhelum and the Chenab. The base-source of water of all the rivers flows from the Indian side of Kashmir.