Abstract:
South Asia is faced with water insecurity, within the region. That may be a
possible water conflict in the future context. Disputes and difficulties arising
from unequal flow distribution of transboundary rivers, engineering
interventions such as dams, barrages and for the agreements signed bilaterally
and storages, with complete disregard for the agreements, signed bilaterally
between various states can be affected to emerging challenges in the water
sector. As a South Asian country, India is a source of conflict in the watersharing
arrangements with its co- basin countries. These water conflicts are
not a recent trend and have been going back to a long history. Low riparian
states of South Asia have been rising concerns over India’s tendency to use
water of common rivers unilaterally without taking into account its economic,
social, human and ecological cost. This study basically focuses on the conflict
over water-related problems and their effects on interstate relations in the
South Asian region. And the study highlights the challenges of water
development such as mismanagement of shared water resources. The abovementioned
objectives will be achieved in the light of information taken by
secondary data sources collected from academic journals, reports,
publications, and articles. Besides, these relevant literature has been obtained
through various websites to collect secondary data. The analysis of this study
is based on qualitative analysis. In this research qualitatively analyzes the
Geopolitics Water in South Asia. The descriptive analysis was used. Finally,
this study suggests ways to overcome water-sharing disputes in South Asia
and promote peaceful coexistence.
