🔆 Sir Creek: Key Details

📍 What it is?
✅ Sir Creek is a 96-km tidal estuary in the Indus Delta, previously known as Ban Ganga.
✅ It is a marshy, uninhabited, and ecologically fragile zone.

📍 Location
✅ Located on the India-Pakistan border, it separates the Kutch region of Gujarat (India) from Sindh province (Pakistan).
✅ It opens into the Arabian Sea, affecting maritime boundaries and fishing zones.

📍 Features
✅ A narrow, shifting water channel prone to tidal changes.
✅ Part of the Indus Delta wetlands, serving as a habitat for migratory birds and marine biodiversity.

📍 Strategic Importance
✅ Impacts the demarcation of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and the continental shelf.
✅ Affects rights over fishing, oil, and gas exploration.

📍 Dispute
✅ Originates from the 1914 Bombay–Sindh resolution.
✅ Pakistan claims the boundary on the eastern bank, asserting the creek as entirely theirs.
✅ India insists the boundary lies mid-channel, based on the thalweg principle.
✅ Despite the 1968 Rann of Kutch tribunal settlement, Sir Creek remains unresolved.

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🔆 Sir Creek Dispute: Renewed Strategic Tensions Between India and Pakistan

📍 Context
✅ The Sir Creek dispute has resurfaced after India cautioned Pakistan over expanding military infrastructure near the area.
✅ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh warned that any misadventure would invite a decisive response from India.

📍 Geographical Context
✅ Sir Creek is a 96-km-long tidal estuary in the Rann of Kutch, lying between Gujarat (India) and Sindh (Pakistan).
✅ It is a marshy, uninhabited, and ecologically sensitive zone — difficult to patrol and rich in biodiversity.

📍 Strategic Importance
✅ Crucial for Pakistan’s defence of Karachi, its largest port city.
✅ Enables India to monitor cross-border movement, prevent smuggling and infiltration, and secure its western coastline.
✅ The creek influences EEZ delimitation in the Arabian Sea, impacting control over marine and mineral resources.

📍 Economic Significance
✅ Potential oil and gas reserves make it economically valuable for both nations.
✅ Supports fishing communities in Gujarat and Sindh; frequent arrests occur when fishermen unknowingly cross maritime boundaries.

📍 Origins & Boundary Dispute
✅ The dispute began pre-independence between the rulers of Kutch and Sindh over boundary demarcation.
✅ Post the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Pakistan claimed part of the Rann of Kutch.
✅ The 1968 tribunal awarded 90% of the Rann to India but left Sir Creek unresolved.
✅ Pakistan’s claim: boundary lies along the eastern bank (entire creek theirs).
✅ India’s claim: boundary lies mid-channel under the Thalweg principle (if navigable).
✅ Disagreement persists on whether the creek is navigable or not.

📍 Diplomatic Efforts & Current Status
✅ Bilateral talks held in 1989, 1990–91, 1998, and 2012, but no breakthrough.
✅ 1998: Sir Creek Working Group formed. India insists on bilateral resolution under the Simla Agreement (1972).
✅ Talks resumed in 2015 under the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue, but stalled after the Pathankot attack (2016) due to continued cross-border terrorism.

📍 Current Relevance
✅ The dispute has both security and economic dimensions, and any escalation threatens maritime stability in the Arabian Sea.

📍 Mains Question:
Discuss the strategic and economic implications of the Sir Creek dispute between India and Pakistan. Why has the issue remained unresolved despite multiple bilateral efforts?

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🔆 Cyclone Shakti: Severe Cyclonic Storm over Arabian Sea (2025)

📍 Classification:
✅ Cyclone Shakti was classified as a Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) with wind speeds of 130–145 km/h.
✅ It formed over the east-central Arabian Sea, serving as a key case for studying tropical cyclone dynamics — oceanic heat, Coriolis force, and atmospheric instability.

📍 Naming:
✅ The name “Shakti”, meaning power and resilience, was proposed by Sri Lanka under the WMO–ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones.
✅ Cyclone names are drawn from lists submitted by 13 member countries (including India, Bangladesh, Oman, Myanmar, etc.) to enhance clarity in communication and disaster management.

📍 Formation Mechanism:
✅ Warm sea surface temperatures (>27°C) provided latent heat for convection.
✅ Low pressure formed at the surface; Coriolis effect induced rotation.
✅ Upper-level outflow maintained structure, while low wind shear over the Arabian Sea (Oct 2025) aided intensification into a Severe Cyclonic Storm.

📍 Climatic Background:
✅ Arabian Sea cyclones are rising in frequency and intensity due to warming trends — India’s mean temperature has risen by ~1.2°C since 1901 (CSE, 2017).
✅ Reduced vertical wind shear and higher moisture transport from the equatorial zone support cyclone formation along India’s west coast.

📍 Geographical Path:
✅ Formed near 21°N, 66.8°E, around 270 km southwest of Naliya, 300 km east of Porbandar, and 360 km south of Karachi (as of Oct 3, 2025).
✅ Moved northwestward under subtropical westerly influence, a typical post-monsoon trajectory.
✅ The Arabian Sea’s semi-enclosed basin traps heat and moisture, making it increasingly cyclone-prone.


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