Omar Abdullah (left), and Mehbooba Mufti NEW DELHI: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday criticised Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for his recent comments about the Tulbul Navigation Project and the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The party said such remarks could affect the “fragile” peace and ceasefire along the Line of Control…
NEW DELHI: India is considering a significant escalation in its use of water from the Indus river system, a move that could drastically reduce the water supply to Pakistan. This development comes amid heightened tensions following a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22 by Pakistan-backed terrorists. Shorlty after the attack,…
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has expressed hope that the suspended Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan will be reinstated and “rolled back” to its original framework. In an interview with Reuters, Aurangzeb said there is no immediate impact from India’s suspension of the treaty and that Pakistan does not even want to consider…
World Bank President Ajay Banga has said that the multilateral agency has no role to play beyond a facilitator in the Indus Water Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 for sharing of waters of Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab. India has suspended the decades-old Indus Water Treaty in the wake of the killing of…
NEW DELHI: The central government on Thursday opened two gates at the Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project in Ramban and three gates at the Salal Dam in Reasi.This reportedly aimed at managing rising water levels triggered by heavy rainfall in the region and also to manage dam pressure.The development comes just days after the Chenab’s water…
NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Arshad Madani on Sunday appeared to doubt the feasibility of the government’s suspension of a river water treaty with Pakistan. Madani said rivers have been flowing for “thousands of years” and questioned where the water of these rivers will go.Following the recent attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam by Pakistan-backed…
India-Pakistan Tension: भारत ने सिंधु जल समझौते को सस्पेंड करने के बाद पाकिस्तान के खिलाफ एक और एक्शन लिया है. अब भारत ने बगलिहार बांध के जरिए चिनाब नदी का पानी रोक दिया है. इसी तरह झेलम नदी पर बने किशनगंगा बांध को लेकर भी कड़ा कदम उठाने की योजना बना रहा है. एक सूत्र…
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said any structure built by India to divert the country’s share of water under the Indus treaty would be destroyed as he continued with his warmongering tactics amid heightened tensions. India had suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, which ensures water for 80% of Pakistani agricultural land, hours after the Pahalgam…
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif has made provocative statements regarding the Indus Water Treaty. He threatened to strike if India builds any structure on the Indus waters, calling it an act of aggression against Pakistan. This comes in response to India’s recent suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. The issue has united Pakistani politicians, with…
The Indus and its waters have been making headlines after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a move that rattled Pakistan, which relies on the river basin to irrigate 80% of its farmland and support 90% of its food production. But, it’s not the river Indus or India’s actions that’s causing Pakistan its latest…