India to not consider Pak's request to reinstate Indus Waters Treaty: Sources
India will not consider Pakistan's request to reinstate the Indus Waters Treaty and will amend the key water-sharing agreement according to its interests within international law, government sources told India Today TV.The development came days after Pakistan's Ministry of Water Resources appealed to India to reconsider its decision to suspend the pact in the aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack by Pakistan-backed terrorists.advertisementGovernment sources said as per international rules, it is mandatory to provide water to the lower regions under the World Bank-brokered treaty. India will not violate international rules, but it will take its share of water, they added.The agreement allocates the eastern rivers - Sutlej, Beas and Ravi - to India and the western rivers - Indus, Jhelum and Chenab - to Pakistan.The government also believes that the agreement signed between the nuclear-armed neighbours in September 1960 was very generous in Pakistan's favour, sources said, adding that the pact was inked under goodwill and friendship.However, in the last three decades, Pakistan has broken that goodwill and friendship by promoting terrorism, government sources added.They said the government believes that the agreement should be revised as per the needs of the 21st century as the pact was drafted and implemented in the late 1950s.advertisementIt is necessary to renegotiate the treaty because of climate change, melting of glaciers, the amount of water available in rivers, increasing population and clean energy, government sources said, adding that Pakistan had always been creating hurdles in renegotiating the treaty.India has paused the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan for the first time ever, in response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. The decision to halt the treaty was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the government's highest decision-making body on national security.In his first televised address to the nation after the Indian armed forces conducted Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated New Delhi's firm stance on the Indus Waters Treaty, declaring that "water and blood can't flow together"."Terror and talks cannot happen at the same time. Terror and trade cannot happen simultaneously. Water and blood cannot flow together," the Prime Minister had said.Earlier this month, India said it will keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance until Pakistan "credibly and irrevocably abjures" its support for cross-border terrorism.The government has announced plans on three fronts - short-term, mid-term, and long-term - to prevent the Indus river's water from reaching Pakistan. Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil had said arrangements will be made to ensure not a single drop of water is wasted.Must Watch
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