Claim

The World Bank states that the Indus Waters Treaty allocates the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the eastern rivers to India, with limited cross-uses.

“The World Bank states plainly that the treaty allocates the Western Rivers, the Indus, Jalam, Jinar, to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers to India while allowing each side limited uses on rivers allocated to the other.”

Rationale

The World Bank was the mediator and signatory of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty and its official fact sheet describes exactly this allocation: the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India, with each country permitted certain limited uses on the other's rivers. The anchor's substantive description matches the World Bank's stated position; only the spoken river names ('Jalam, Jinar') were garbled mispronunciations of Jhelum and Chenab, not a factual error in the claim.

Evidence

• https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/sar/brief/fact-sheet-the-indus-waters-treaty-1960-and-the-world-bank World Bank's own fact sheet states the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India, and that the treaty allows each country certain uses on the rivers allocated to the other. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty Confirms the treaty was mediated by the World Bank (signed 1960); gives Pakistan control of the three Western Rivers and India the three Eastern Rivers, with limited permitted cross-uses. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1565906 Government of India (PIB) press release confirms the same East/West river allocation under the treaty. ✓ reachable · archived