Water resources in Indus-Gangetic basin serve as a powerful tool for development and for overcoming poverty in the region. Rapid agriculture expansion and subsequent utilization of available water resources of the basin has placed the basin at risk with water scarcity issues on one hand, and flooding problems on the other, the scales of which are further exacerbated by impacts of climate change. The transboundary nature of the basin adds more complexity to the water resource challenges confronted.
