Kishanganga (Neelum)
Under review: this entry was added recently and its position is still being checked (exact (OSM geometry)).
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Overview
The Kishanganga (Neelum) is a tributary of the Jhelum. India's Kishanganga hydro project led to a dispute with Pakistan that went to a neutral expert and a court of arbitration.
It rises near the Gurez valley and flows west into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, where it is called the Neelum, and joins the Jhelum near Muzaffarabad.
India's 330 MW Kishanganga project diverts water to the Jhelum basin through a tunnel.
Pakistan challenged the project, and the Court of Arbitration gave an award in 2013.
The Neelum valley is in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The river is fed by snowmelt.
The Kishanganga project is at Bandipora.
India won the right to divert water for power.
Geography and key facts
- Jhelum tributary
- Hydro project dispute
- Gurez valley
- 330 MW project
- 2013 arbitration
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on the Indus Waters Treaty.
Note for UPSC
A Jhelum tributary; the Kishanganga hydro project was the subject of an India–Pakistan arbitration.
Prelims asks about tributaries, the states a river flows through, its basin and the projects on it, so trace the course on the map.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Kishanganga (Neelum) yet.
Key facts
- Type
- River
- State / UT
- Jammu and Kashmir
- River system
- Himalayan
- Basin
- Indus
- Extent on map
- 34.4°–34.8°N, 73.5°–75.4°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- India–Pakistan and India–Afghanistan Relations
- Physical Features and Drainage of India (map lesson)
- Drainage Systems of India: Himalayan and Peninsular Rivers (map lesson)
- The Harappan (Indus Valley) Civilisation (map lesson)
- Harappan Civilisation: Sites, Town Planning and Phases (map lesson)
- Mahajanapadas and the Rise of Magadha (map lesson)