US EditionIn Goodwill Gesture, India Alerts Pakistan About Potential Flood Even as Indus Waters Treaty Remains in Abeyance
India uses diplomatic channel to alert Pakistan about Tawi river flooding amid suspended Indus Waters Treaty; Jammu recorded 190.4 mm rainfall in 24 hours, second-highest August downpour in a century.
- On Sunday, India alerted Pakistan about flooding in the Tawi river via its High Commission in Islamabad, using this diplomatic channel for the first time instead of the Indus Waters Treaty route.
- Earlier this year, India placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 tourists and escalated tensions with May 7 precision strikes.
- Heavy rains in Jammu produced 190.4 mm in 24 hours, the second-highest August downpour in over a century, and low-lying neighbourhoods such as Janipur, Roop Nagar, and Talab Tilloo were inundated as the Tawi and Chenab rivers swelled.
- Officials said the alert was issued on humanitarian grounds, and Pakistan issued warnings based on India's information while UN agencies report thousands displaced and the NDMA cautions of continued heavy rain.
- Long ago, the IWT—signed on September 19, 1960—created a six-river sharing system and contains 12 Articles and 8 Annexures governing distribution between India and Pakistan.
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