US EditionIndia’s Water Will Now Flow only for Its People, Asserts J&K L-G on Indus Waters Treaty’s Abeyance
JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA, JUL 19 – India halted data sharing under the Indus Waters Treaty and advanced hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir after a terrorist attack killed 26, impacting Pakistan's reliance on the Indus basin rivers.
- On April 23, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, halting data sharing and accelerating hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Resistance Front claimed responsibility for the April 22 Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 civilians, prompting India to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty.
- India stopped sharing river flow data and accelerated hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, impacting regional water management and energy development.
- Pakistan demanded advance floodwater release notices and warned that diversions could be deemed an act of war.
- Five hydropower plants could be fast-tracked under revised treaty stance, adding roughly 4,000 MW within 3–5 years, in Jammu and Kashmir region.
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Termination of Indus Water Treaty will ensure immense benefit to J&K: L-G Sinha - The Tribune
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday termination of Indus Water Treaty is a befitting response to Pakistan and it will have far-reaching consequences since it is dependent on the Indus river system.
Indus Waters Treaty termination will benefit J&K, have far-reaching impact on Pakistan: LG Manoj Sinha
After the United States designated the militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha made a strong statement on Saturday.
India’s water will now flow only for its people, asserts J&K L-G on Indus Waters Treaty’s abeyance
L-G Manoj Sinha made these remarks while releasing author Sant Kumar Sharma’s book Indus Waters Treaty: Mirroring the Facts; he said it was for the first time since Pakistan fought three wars with India in 1965, 1971 and 1999 that the treaty was abandoned
Indus Waters Treaty a 'historic mistake', termination immensely beneficial to J-K: LG Sinha
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that the Indus Waters Treaty was a “historic mistake” and its termination will ensure immense benefit to Jammu and Kashmir. He asserted that the suspension of the pact was a befitting reply to Pakistan and will allow Kashmir to harness its real hydro power potential. "India has made it clear that blood and water cannot flow together, terror and talks cannot go together and terro…
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