Indus water treaty harming both India and Pakistan

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Look at the devastating floods in Kashmir which will soon
impact Pakistan and cause billions of dollars of damage.
If Pakistani leaders were not so bull headed and allowed
storage dams to be built in Indian Kashmir , the Kashmiris would have
gigawatts of power to export to Pakistan and India , and water to
irrigate farmland , and the cities and farms would be saved all this
destruction.
The treaty should maintain the yearly flow to Pakistan

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http://www.rediff.com/news/report/kashmir-flood-toll-nears-100-rescue-ops-on-war-footing/20140906.htm

Over 100 dead, 2600 villages submerged as floods ravage Kashmir
Over 100 people dead in Jammu and Kashmir as it witnesses worst floods
in 50 years. Mukhtar Ahmad reports from Srinagar




Army personnel rescue villagers stranded in floods. Photograph: Indian
Army

More than 100 people have died in rain-hit Jammu and Kashmir, which is
witnessing its worst flood in 50 years.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured of all help to the state
government during his visit as the death toll rose to 107 and more
areas got inundated Saturday.

Singh arrived in Srinagar on Saturday morning on an one-day visit to
get appraisal of the situation that has arisen due to incessant rains
resulting into devastating floods in Kashmir Valley and some districts
of Jammu region. He assured all help from the Centre to the state
government to overcome the difficulties and help relief and
rehabilitation of the affected population.

�Wherever you need central assistance we will be providing it to you�,
he said adding that a comprehensive memorandum of losses be forwarded
to the Government of India as soon as possible, an official statement
said.



Worried Kashmiris cry as they wait for relief workers to rescue them.
Photograph: Umar Ganie/Rediff.com
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah gave an overview of the situation and the
measures taken by the state administration to safeguard the lives and
evacuate people from submerged areas. He said that presently the top
most concern of the state government is to ensure safety of human
lives and evacuate the population trapped in submerged areas. He said
huge paddy and fruit crop has been destroyed by the floods and
unabated heavy rains.

Army, eight teams of the National Disaster Response Force, police and
civil administration are working in tandem to help in the rescue and
evacuation of the marooned population.

Though the Jammu and Kashmir government has mounted a massive relief
operation, it is yet falling short of the challenge. People in many
areas of the capital city and south Kashmir areas are complaining of
inadequate or delayed responses from authorities.



Army vehicles wade through water to reach affected areas. Photograph:
Umar Ganie/Rediff.com
State relief and rehabilitation commissioner Vinod Koul said that the
floods had so far claimed 107 lives, submerged 390 villages fully and
1,225 partially in the Kashmir region and 1,000 villages in Jammu
region.

Koul said, �50 bridges and hundreds of kilometers of roads besides
power installations and water supply schemes have been damaged. The
assessment of damages can be fully ascertained after the flood water
recedes and a survey is conducted.� He said that there was an urgent
demand for 25,000 tents and 40,000 blankets and underlined the need of
its procurement at the Centre level and early dispatch to the state.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29074286

Deadly floods in India and Pakistan
4 hours ago
Pakistan regularly witnesses severe floods during monsoon season.
Dozens of people have been killed in flooding caused by incessant rain
across large swathes of India and Pakistan.

At least 40 people were killed in Pakistan as torrential rain wreaked
havoc in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and Punjab.

In Indian-administered Kashmir, 28 were reported dead, AP news agency
reports.

This does not include the toll from a bus carrying 50 members of a
wedding party that was swept away on Thursday.

The monsoon rains have come late to Pakistan this year
Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of four people from the bus,
which was engulfed by flood waters in the Jammu region - the bride and
groom are among those feared dead.

Senior Jammu official Shant Manu told the BBC that four bodies had
been recovered from a stream and "barbed wire has been put across the
stream so that the bodies are not swept away".

Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, has also seen
its streets flooded
The region is suffering from its worst flooding in two decades, which
has also triggered deadly landslides.

In Pakistan, officials are getting ready for the prospect of mass
evacuations of communities based in flood plains if the rain
continues.

Protesters camped out on the streets of Islamabad erected makeshift
tents made from plastic sheets.

Pakistan regularly witnesses severe floods during monsoon season.