The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan that is brokered by the World Bank. The treaty was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960 by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan.According to this agreement, control over the three ‘eastern’ rivers, the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej, was given to India, while control over the three ‘western’ rivers, the Indus, the Chenab and the Jhelum, to Pakistan. Since Pakistan's rivers flow through India, the treaty allowed India to use them for irrigation,transport and power generation, while laying down precise regulations for Indian building projects along the way.Teesta is a river in North-East India and forms one of the important tributaries of Brahmaputra. It is not covered under the Indus Water Treaty.