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Issues of conflict between India and
Pakistan
Sir Creek
Siachin Glacier
Water disputes-(Salal, Wullar, Baglihar and Krishna
Ganga Projects
Sir Creek
Western terminas of Pak-India border in
Runn of Kutch
Unsolved since 1969
Economically important rather than military
point of view
Energy rich region,oil and gas reserves
below the sea bed.
India claims that boundary should run in the
middle while Pakistan maintains that it is
part of Sindh.
Boundary already demarcated in 1914
under British Indian Government
Eight round of talks have been held till
now without a breakthrough
Pakistan has proposed for
international arbitration but India flatly
refuses it.
Siachin Glacier
Located in the eastern Karakorm
range in the Himalaya Mountains
70 km long strip
Longest in the Karakorm and second
largest in the world’s non-polar
regions
Both the countries have maintained
permanent military presence in the
region
India wants Pakistan to officially
recognize LoC as permanent border, a
demand that Pakistan can never
accept
Almost 1 million dollars expenditure a
day
Water disputes
Salal dam on River Chenab
Wullar Barrage-a storage at Wullar
lake in 1980’s
Project halted in 1987 due to
Pakistan’s objection
Baglihar Dam-project on River
Chenab ,conceived in1992 and
construction began in 1999.
Serious implications for Pakistan
agriculture
In 2007 the matter decided by World
Bank
Krishna Ganga Project is 330 mega
watt dam
Located in Muzafarabad
Diversion will change the course of
Neelum by around 100 km and
Pakistan’s Neelum Valley will dry up
About 1228 water sharing treaties
have been signed in the last 50 years,
but still the disputes persist between
both of the nuclear powers of the
region.