Contours of India - Nepal Relationship and Trans-Boundary Rivers Water Disputes
Dublin Core
Title
Contours of India - Nepal Relationship and Trans-Boundary Rivers Water Disputes
Subject
Water disputes
India-Nepal relationship
Description
India and Nepal share about 1800 square kilometres of porous border, inhabit the majority of their members from the same religious group and have symbiotic interdependent on each other; yet they are engaged into disputes over many issues. It is always alleged by Nepal that India does not consider it as a sovereign country rather as one of its own administrative unit. The basis of this allegation is behaviour of Indian establishment and its epistemic community towards Nepal. The political tensions between the two countries have kept on surfacing at intermittent period and have influenced the water sharing arrangements between the two countries. Nepal alleges that as a powerful country, India exploits Nepal’s natural resources for its own benefit. As a result many of the transboundary river water treaties have not been activated, some have been sternly opposed by the people from the catchment areas, and a few’s future is hanging in the air. To overcome these problems and its dependency on India, many times Nepal has invited other countries to develop its hydropower sector. Amidst all existing differences the two countries share inextricable relationship because of geographical location and shared primordial identity.
Creator
Ranjan, Amit
Source
Journal of International Affairs; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016); 1-16
2631-2158
Publisher
Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy - Tribhuvan University (MIRD-TU)
Date
2016-10-03
Rights
Copyright (c) 2016 MIRD, TU
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Identifier
Coverage
Nepal; India
Collection
Citation
Amit Ranjan, Contours of India - Nepal Relationship and Trans-Boundary Rivers Water Disputes, Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy - Tribhuvan University (MIRD-TU), 2016, accessed November 24, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/3122