Ans: Indus Water Treaty:
In 1947, at the time of partition. Ferozpur Headworks built on River Sutle
and Madhupur on River Ravi were given to India. This was despite the fact
that the canals emerging from them irrigated a vast area of Pakistan. India
stopped the water flowing from these canals. This led to a water dispute
between the two countries. To solve this issue, with the cooperation of the
World Bank, in 1950 both countries agreed to a treaty called the Indus Water
Treaty According to this treaty 3 western rivers (Indus, Jhelum and Chenab)
were Pakistan’s share while 3 castorn rivers (the Ravi, the Sutlej and the
Boas) went to India
The Indus Water Plan:
With 3 eastern rivers going into the custody of India, the availability of water
from these rivers was no more possible. To overcome this scarcity, a vast
imigational plan was developed called the Indus Water Plan. Under this plan,
2 bg dams, 5 barrages and 7 link canals wore built. These link Canals
helped in providing water from the western rivers to the eastern rivers. This
helped to provide imgation to the lands formerly being irrigated by the
eastam rivers. Tabela Dam on the River Indas and Mangla Dam on the
River Jhelum are part of this plan.
Link Canals:
Under Indus Water Plan 7 link canals were built. Their total length is nearly
580 km. Their names are given below:
a. Rasool Qadirabad
b. Qadirabad-Baloki
c. Balok-Sulaimanki
d. Trimbun- Sidhnai
e. Sidhna-Maisi, Bahawal
f. Taunse-Punjned
g. Chashma- Jhelum