Rare indigenous species such as the Indus River dolphin will be imperilled if the water flow from glacier melt is greatly reduced. Hydropower dams are also reportedly substantially decreasing in capacity even as new ones are being planned (Thakkar 2005). The World Bank, which has acted as principal mediator since the first treaty was signed between India and Pakistan in 1954, states that a major contributor to issues of water use is the crumbling water infrastructure that has seen people turn to pumping groundwater, which now supplies 70 per cent of the region’s water use (World Bank 2005).