25 Apr , 20:06
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India intends to completely cut off Pakistan's water supply from the Indus River
As reported by TUT.AZ with reference to TASS, the Indian government is developing a large-scale plan to stop the water supply from the Indus River to Pakistan. This was announced by the Minister of Water Resources of the republic, Chandrakant Raghunath Patil.
At a special meeting with Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, a detailed roadmap of actions was worked out following New Delhi's suspension of the historic 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad.
"Three possible scenarios were considered at the meeting. The government is developing a set of short-term, medium-term, and long-term measures to ensure that not a single drop of water reaches the territory of Pakistan," emphasized Patil.
"In the near future, work will be carried out to desalinate rivers in order to stop the inflow of water and change its course," added the minister.
The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday evening the immediate suspension of the water resources distribution agreement between India and Pakistan - the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. This decision will remain in effect until Pakistan "credibly and irreversibly" stops supporting terrorism, the Indian ministry emphasized. Official New Delhi took this step after identifying cross-border connections to the terrorist attack in the tourist city of Pahalgam in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in the death of 26 people.
According to the Indus Waters Treaty, Islamabad received control over the Indus itself and its tributaries Chenab and Jhelum, flowing from Indian territory, but India can use their water for irrigating adjacent fields and for the needs of residents in adjacent areas under the treaty. New Delhi gained full control over the Beas, Ravi, and Sutlej rivers. Under this agreement, New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to exchange data, for which the Permanent Indus Commission was established.
