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Time of India
12 hours ago
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- Time of India
Pakistan's letters not going to change India's stance on Indus Waters Treaty: Jal Shakti minister
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel New Delhi: Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil said on Thursday that Pakistan writing letters on revoking the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is a formality and is not going to change India's stance on the has written multiple times to India, asking it to review its decision on the a press conference here, Paatil said the water under the Indus Waters Treaty will not go about Pakistani leader Bilawal Bhutto 's comments on the treaty, Paatil said Bhutto has said many things for Pakistani leader recently threatened India over suspending the Indus Waters Treaty."He also talked about blood and water flowing but we are not scared of such hollow threats," Paatil Indus Waters Treaty was put in abeyance after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack
India Today
25-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Indus water to Pakistan to be stopped, capacity of dams to be increased: Sources
The government has decided to stop the flow of Indus River water to Pakistan following the suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, in response to the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam carried out by Pakistan-based terrorists, sources added that the capacity of dams along the Indus basin rivers will be increased to store more the government issued a formal notification implementing its decision to suspend the treaty and served it to Pakistan on Thursday, a day after New Delhi announced the The notification stated that the Indus Waters Treaty is being held in "abeyance", effectively suspending all treaty obligations, including meetings between Indus Commissioners, data sharing, and advance notice of new the treaty now suspended, India is free to construct dams on the river without needing approval or consultation with a letter addressed to the Pakistani officials, India's Water Resources Secretary Debashree Mukherjee said that sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting Jammu and Kashmir impedes India's rights under the Indus Waters Treaty."The obligation to honour a treaty in good faith is fundamental to a treaty. However, what we have seen instead is sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir," the letter Pakistan on Thursday rejected India's suspension of the Indus Water Treaty and said any measures to stop the flow of water belonging to Pakistan under the pact will be seen as an "act of war". The countries signed the treaty in September 1960 after nine years of negotiations with the sole aim to manage issues relating to cross-border suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty was part of a series of punitive measures against Pakistan, which also included the cancellation of visas for Pakistani nationals, expulsion of Pakistani military attachs, immediate closure of the Attari land transit post and Obroi post, and the downsizing of diplomatic IMPACT ON PAKISTANIndia's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is expected to have serious repercussions for Pakistan's agricultural economy, disrupting crucial water data sharing and reducing flows during key crop seasons, according to by the World Bank, the treaty allocates the eastern rivers -- Sutlej, Beas and Ravi -- to India and the western rivers -- Indus, Jhelum and Chenab -- to Pakistan. An average annual flow of around 135 MAF was largely allocated to the treaty includes no clause allowing unilateral InMust Watch
