IWT to stay suspended until Pakistan Abjures support for cross -border terror: Jal Shakti Ministry

Fishermen free up a fishing network in the water on the partially dried river bed of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Pakistan. | Photocredit: Reuters

The Treaty of the Indus Waters remains suspended “until Pakistan extracts his support for cross -border terrorism,” the Ministry of Jal Shakti Jal Shakti has transferred to the cabinet secretary.

In his monthly report to Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan on Tuesday, Debashree Mukherjee Secretary of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry of the Government announced that the treaty would be held in “Abeyance” with immediate effect in the Nasleep in the Pahalep in the in the Pahalep in the in the Pahalep in the in the Pahalp in the in the Pahalp in the in the Pahalp in.

“The key distribution of the water exchange remains suspended until Pakistan extracts his support for cross -border terrorism,” Mr. Mukherjee said in her report.

It mediated by the World Bank in 1960, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) ruled the distribution and use of the Indus River and its tributaries between India and Pakistan.

According to sources, Syed Ali Murtaza van Pakistan had expressed the willingness of his government to discuss the willingness of his government to discuss specific objections of New Delhi.

However, the Indian government remains determined about its decision to keep the agreement.

The river system consists of the Indus – the main river – and its tributaries. The Ravi, Beas and the Sutlej are jointly called the eastern rivers, while the Indus, Jhelum and the Chenab are known as the western rivers.

Water from this river system is crucial for both India and Pakistan.