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The Indus Basin Project is a water control project that resulted from a treaty, Indus Waters Treaty, signed between
The Indus Basin Project is a water control project that resulted from a treaty, Indus Waters Treaty, signed between India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
and Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
in 1960 that guaranteed what Pakistan would receive water from the Indus River
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayas, Himalayan river of South Asia, South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in the Western Tibet region of China, flows northw ...
independent from upstream control by India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.
The project consisted of the construction of two main dams, the Mangla Dam built on the Jhelum River and the Tarbela Dam
Tarbela Dam (, ) is an embankment dam, earth-filled dam along the Indus River in Pakistan, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is mainly located in Haripur Tehsil. It is about from the city of Topi, Pakistan, Swabi KPK, northwest of Isla ...
constructed on the Indus River, together with their subsidiary dams.
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