
Under the Indus Waters Treaty, India shares the waters of the Beas and Sutlej rivers with Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India has decided to fully utilise its share of unused water from rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej that has been flowing into Pakistan, Union minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted today, a week after a suicide bomber of Jaish-e Mohammad drove an explosive-filled car into a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, killing 40 soldiers.
The government's decision will not impact Pakistan's share of water under the Indus Water Treaty between the two nations. Officials said the plan was in place since 2016, and the three dam projects, announced then, have recently been inaugurated.
Here are the top 10 facts in this big story:
1.
In
a series of tweets, Union water minister Nitin Gadkari said: "Our Govt.
has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will
divert water from Eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and
Kashmir and Punjab".
2.
A
dam is being built on the Ravi river at Shahpur-Kandi. "Moreover, UJH
project will store our share of water for use in J&K and the balance water
will flow from 2nd Ravi-BEAS Link to provide water to other basin states,"
a second tweet from the minister read.
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3.
"He
(Nitin Gadkari) is talking about diverting India's share of Indus water, which
was going to Pakistan - and he has always been saying this as you all
know," news agency ANI quoted Neeta Prasad, a senior official from the
Water Resource ministry as saying.
4.
Under
the Indus Waters Treaty -- brokered by the World Bank and signed by India and
Pakistan in 1960 -- India has control over the waters of Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
rivers. Pakistan has control over the waters from Jhelum, Chenab and Indus.
5.
Of
the total 168 million acre-feet, India's share of water from the three rivers
is 33 million acre-feet, which constitutes nearly 20 per cent. India uses
nearly 93-94 per cent of its share under the Indus Waters Treaty. The rest of
the water remains unutilised and flows to Pakistan. This is the water that
India has decided to stop.
Gadkari already announced it last December, as seen below. I call this the river diversion story to divert from PM’s Corbett Park scandal. https://t.co/osBaP9FlI6— Krishan Partap Singh (@RaisinaSeries) February 21, 2019
6.
After
the attack at the CRPF camp at Uri in 2016 by Pakistani terrorists, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi had said, "Blood and water cannot flow
simultaneously".
7.
The
government then announced the suspension of talks of the Indus Water
Commission.
8.
A
decision was also taken to fast-track dam construction to block the unutilised
water through three projects -- at Shahpur-Kandi and a second Sutlej-Beas link
in Punjab and the Ujh dam in Jammu and Kashmir. The projects, announced in
2016, have recently been inaugurated.
9.
The
Indus Water Commission talks, however, started again a few months after the Uri
attack. In the interval, the army had conducted surgical strikes on terror
bases across the Line of Control.
10.
After
the terror strike of February 14 in Pulwama, New Delhi has taken steps to
isolate Pakistan in the international community. It has also scrapped the Most
Favoured Nation status granted to Pakistan and imposed a 200 per cent customs
duty on its goods.--NDTV
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