The Kishenganga Final Award: Is the Indus Waters Treaty at the Crossroads?

The Court of Arbitration constituted under the Indus Waters Treaty has in its Final Award held that India does have a right to execute the Kishenganga Hydroelectric Project. But it has simultaneously decreed that India should maintain a minimum flow downstream, and more important, it should not - in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic and Political Weekly. - Sameeksha Trust, 1966. - 49(2014), 7, Seite 10-12
1. Verfasser: DESAI, BHARAT H (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: SIDHU, BALRAJ K
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Economic and Political Weekly
Schlagworte:Law Physical sciences Applied sciences Political science Environmental studies Biological sciences
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Zusammenfassung:The Court of Arbitration constituted under the Indus Waters Treaty has in its Final Award held that India does have a right to execute the Kishenganga Hydroelectric Project. But it has simultaneously decreed that India should maintain a minimum flow downstream, and more important, it should not - in this and all future iwt projects - use the "drawdown flushing" technique to deal with sedimentation.
ISSN:23498846