Srinagar, April 24 -- Signed in 1960 between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank. It governs the use of the waters of the six rivers of the Indus basin. India controls the three eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) and Pakistan controls the three western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab), with India allowed "limited use" of the western rivers (for hydropower, agriculture, etc.).

Friction over Kashmir waters

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has progressively adopted a more assertive stance on water-sharing with Pakistan. In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went as far as stating that India would prevent"every drop" of water from the eastern rivers from reaching Pakistan.

"For the last 70 years, the waters that belonged to Indi...