Days after India officially suspended Indus Waters contract (IWT) in response to alleged support for Pakistan for cross -border terrorism, after the terrorist attack of Pahalgam, BJP MP from Bengalur Central, PC Mohan, on Tuesday took the social media platform.
He shared satellite images allegedly showing a visible drop in the level of the Chenab River near Sialkot, a city in the Pakistan province of Pandjab. “The Indian suspension of the Indus water waters will dry up the Chenab River near Sialkot in Pakistan. Mrs. Chahiy, Mrs.?” He wrote Mohan in a pointed remark focused on Pakistan.
India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters contract last week (IWT). The decision was made during the Security Cabinet (CCS), chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended higher ministers, including the Interior Minister AMIT Shah, Hindustan Times.
This step represents an important escalation in the Indian diplomatic attitude towards Pakistan and combines the organization of water sharing directly with concern for national security. The suspension remains in force until Pakistan “credibly and irreversibly” does not give up on the support of terrorism and does not stop the integrated control of the Attari soil trade and the travel route between two nuclear armed neighbors.
The Indus Waters agreement, mediated by the World Bank in 1960, controls the sharing of the six rivers Indus River System between India and Pakistan. Based on the contract, India has control of the eastern rivers – Ravi, Beas and Sutlej – while Pakistan was awarded rights to the West Rivers – Indus, Jhelum and Chenab. Any deviation from this framework could have extensive geopolitical, ecological and humanitarian consequences, especially for the downstream population in Pakistan.
Former Minister Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah responded to the decision of the center and welcomed this step and called it for a long time. When he talked to the media, Abdullah repeated his long -term opposition to the treaty and described it as the “most unfair document” for the inhabitants of Jammu and Kashmir. “As far as J&K is concerned, we have never been for Indus water agreement,” he said.
Amendment or suspension of the contract could cause international legal control and perhaps bring a world bank or UN to disintegrate. Indian officials, however, claim that national security and sovereignty must be first, especially in the face of alleged use of Terror Pakistan as a state policy.
(Tagstotranslate) PC Mohan
