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‘Work Has Begun’ To Stop River Water Flowing Into Pakistan, Says Minister

Darpan News Desk IANS, 21 Aug, 2019 07:34 PM

    Union water resources minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said the government has begun the process of stopping water from the Himalayan rivers flowing into Pakistan without violating Indus Water Treaty.


    "Work has already begun to stop the waters that flow into Pakistan (under the Indus treaty). I am talking about the water which is going to Pakistan, and I am not talking about breaking the Indus treaty," Mr Shekhawat said in Mumbai Tuesday evening.


    The minister's comments assume importance as after the Pulwama terror attack early February and Delhi's retaliatory bombing of a terror camp in Balakot, bilateral ties between India and Pakistan have hit new lows.


    Relations between the countries dipped further after the government scrapped provisions in Article 370 that gave special rights to Jammu & Kashmir on August 5 following which Islamabad recalled its ambassador.


    Following the development in Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad has also accused New Delhi of waging "fifth-generation warfare", and said the latter had failed to inform it about the release of dam waters into the Sutlej leading to floods across Pakistan.


    "The point is how we can stop the excess waters flowing into Pakistan and use them. There are some reservoirs and rivers which are outside the catchment areas. We will divert those and we can use the water in the lean season. Today, all our reservoirs are full but we can use that water flowing into Pakistan now and divert it to the Ravi," Mr Shekhawat said.


    The minister also said dams are built not only to generate electricity but also for use in the lean season. The Indus Water Treaty of September 1960 lays down the rules for sharing the waters from the Indus and its tributaries that flow through both the countries.


    The treaty vests the control of the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej with India, while Pakistan controls the Indus, the Chenab and the Jhelum.


    Since Pakistani rivers receive more water from India, the treaty allows India to use the Indus, the Chenab and the Jhelum waters for limited irrigation and unlimited use for power generation, domestic, industrial and non-consumptive use like navigation, fisheries while laying down the precise regulations for India to build projects.

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