US EditionIndia Says It Will Never Restore Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan
- In a June 21 interview, Home Minister Amit Shah stated that India will not reinstate the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan and plans to redirect the water normally flowing to Pakistan for domestic needs.
- India suspended its involvement in the 1960 treaty following the killing of 26 civilians in Kashmir, an incident that the Indian government characterized as terrorism.
- Shah stated India will construct a 113km canal to divert water to Rajasthan, aiming to starve Pakistan of water it has been receiving unjustifiably under the treaty.
- He said, "No, it will never be restored" and warned that blocking water to Pakistan would be considered "an act of war," while Islamabad plans a legal challenge.
- Shah's remarks have diminished Islamabad's hopes for negotiations, leaving the treaty dormant and escalating tensions despite a ceasefire agreed upon last month.
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India says it will never restore Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad and the water flowing to Pakistan will be diverted for internal use, Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with Times of India on Saturday. India put into “abeyance” its participation in the 1960 treaty, which governs the usage of the Indus river system, after 26 civilians in Indian-administered
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AlKhaleej TodayIndia says Indus treaty with Pakistan ‘will never be restored’, vows to divert river flow
NEW DELHI, June 21 — India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad, and the water flowing to Pakistan will be diverted for internal use, Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with Times of India today. India put into “abeyance” its participation in the 1960 treaty, which governs the usage of the Indus river system, after 26 civilians in Indian Kashmir were killed in what Delhi described as an act of terror. The treaty ha…
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India says it will never restore Indus water treaty with Pakistan
The comments by India’s Home Minister Amit Shah have dimmed Islamabad’s hopes for near-term negotiations on the treaty, which guarantees water access for 80 per cent of Pakistan’s farms via three rivers originating in India.
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