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Examine the long-term implications of climate change on inter-state river water disputes in India. How are states preparing to address these issues?

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Climate change is fundamentally disrupting the hydrological stationarity upon which India's entire inter-state water dispute resolution architecture is built. As hydrologist P. C. D. Milly famously proclaimed, "Stationarity is Dead" — the foundational premise that natural hydrological systems fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability no longer holds. Inter-state water dispute tribunals established under Article…

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  • 1. Long-Term Geographical and Hydrological Implications
  • A. Precipitation Anomalies: The "Flood-Drought Whiplash"
  • B. Cryospheric Meltdown in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH)
  • C. Sea-Level Rise and Deltaic Salinisation
  • D. Aquifer Depletion and Basin Closure
  • 2. State-Level and National Preparedness: Strategies and Interventions
  • …and 2 more sections, with a conclusion

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