Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2017

Water Resource Sharing between India and China

Ashutosh Singh

Abstract :

 Five rivers, belonging to the two major river systems, the Indus and Brahmaputra, originate in Tibet, China before flowing into India. There are reports that China is considering diversion of its southern rivers including the Yarlung Zangbo to provide water to its northern regions. A comparative account of China’s behaviour as upper riparian state based on the principle of ‘unidled sovereignty’ and of India’s record as upper riparian with respect to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty has been given.

 

While there are several internationally accepted principles of shå of international waters as yet there is no binding international law on the subject as the 1997 UN Convention on International Water Courses does not enjoy universal support. Given its record with other co–riparian states China appears unlikely to agree to a bilateral river waters treaty with India on the Yarlung Zangbo. The paper includes a review of the current status of international law on the subject. Various approaches, national, bilateral and international, to deal with any future diversion of transboundary waters by China have been outlined.

 

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Ashutosh Singh, Water Resource Sharing between India and China, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾2 | February‾2017

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