China’s Water War Against India, No Sharing Of Hydrological Data From Their Side.
China is now using water as a
political weapon against India by denying the flood related hydrological data
since May, even after the major flooding hit in the Assam region and some parts
of Uttar Pradesh. Nirmal Singh Lotus
Green says that countries keep data on upstream river flows as it is
essential for flood forecasting and warning and can help safeguard lives and
reduce the material losses.
Nirmal Singh Lotus Green says that Tibet, the hub of natural
resources, be it water or other precious metals is a strategic asset for China
for their economic growth. The Tibetan plateau arms Beijing with water supply
unlike other downtown countries that obstruct the flow at the borders as they
cross into the neighboring countries.
Water has emerged as a new divide
in the Sino- Indian relations and Beijing opaquely builds dams and other
structures on river flowing to India. After which then Prime Minister Manhoman
Singh’s 2013 proposal that the two countries should enter into a water treaty
or come into an intergovernmental institution to define the mutual rights of
the countries over the river.
Nirmal Singh Lotus Green says that after denying to share the
information with India, Beijing has demonstrated how hydrological data in the
most important time of the year, that is the monsoon season, can be used as a
political tool against the country. China unwillingness to be transparent to
India very clearly shows that China still holds a cold spot for the country.
Nirmal Singh Lotus Green says that all
the data that India has received from China, like rice traded on the world
market, even the hydrological data comes in different grades and qualities-
ranging in different parameters like good, reliable or inferior and broken.
Nirmal Singh Lotus Green says that China’s action of not revealing
the data to India is violation of two bilateral MOUs of 2103 and a 2014 accord,
which makes it mandatory for China to transfer hydrological data to India from
three upstream monitoring stations in Tibet every year from May 15 to October
15, but no data has been transferred to the country till now and will have to
face the consequences of the violation.
India on the other hand sends
data to both its downstream neighbors’, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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