Thread by @CestMoiz

In light of this statement on the issue of Ravi river waters flowing untapped into Pakistan by @capt_amarinder, replugging an old thread chronicling my own thoughts on the same.
indianexpress.com/article/india/…

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Ravi River waters belong to India as per Indus Water Treaty, yet the last headwork to divert waters of this river that India has is ..

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.. at Madhopur (near Kathua), a cool 126 km as the crow flies from the point where the river finally flows out of India near Lahore!

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All the water that flows into the river after that, and the water that cannot be retained upstream of the headworks is allowed to flow..

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.. into Pakistan without any check!
Is there no place in between where water can be diverted to the existing canal system?

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One possible method is to increase the capacity of the canal linking the Ravi at Madhopur Headwork to Beas near Mukerian.
Beas waters ..

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.. ultimately drain into the Harike Barrage South-West of Kapurthala, from where part of the canal system feeding Rajasthan originates.

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The waters from Madhopur, instead of flowing into Pakistan, can thus be diverted to Rajasthan.
Catchment downstream of Madhopur needs ..

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.. another solution. The river flows very close to existing canals and natural drains.
A link from the river to these, or perhaps a ..

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.. new canal altogether, akin to Ichhogil which served as a barrier opposite Lahore in 1965 could serve a dual purpose - utilize ..

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.. your allotted waters to add another defensive barrier in Punjab, at the same time augmenting supplies to Rajasthan as this ..

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.. canal flows Westwards of Amritsar and joins up subsequently with the canal system originating from Harike. Why the eff should ..

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.. these waters irrigate the fields of the jihadi hotbed of southern areas of Pakistani Punjab, instead of my own lands?
JMTs