Making a veiled reference to India putting the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that water on which India had a right was earlier going out but now it will come to use in the country.
Speaking at the ABP Network’s India@2047 Summit, the Prime Minister said, “Pehle Bharat ke haq ka paani bhi bahar ja raha tha…ab Bharat ka paani, Bharat ke haq me bahega, Bharat ke haq mai rukega aur Bharat ke hi kaam aayega. (Earlier India’s water was going outside, now India’s water will flow for India’s interest, will stop in India’s interest and will benefit India),” PM Modi stated.
#WATCH | Delhi | Speaking at the ABP News event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “Pehle Bharat ke haq ka paani bhi bahar ja raha tha…ab Bharat ka paani, Bharat ke haq me bahega, Bharat ke haq mai rukega aur Bharat ke hi kaam aayega…” #PMModi pic.twitter.com/rXq0uAAR3a
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PM Modi also referred to his government’s efforts to augment water for irrigation. “For decades, the water of our rivers has been a subject of tension and conflict, but our government, in collaboration with the state governments, has launched a massive campaign to link the rivers. The Ken-Betwa Link Project and the Parvati-Kalisindh Chambal Link Project will benefit millions of farmers,” he said.
#WATCH | Delhi | Speaking at the ABP News event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “For decades, the water of our rivers has been a subject of tension and conflict, but our government, in collaboration with the state governments, has launched a massive campaign to link the… pic.twitter.com/pNHNAGw20t
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The move comes in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen. Indian authorities have attributed the attack to Pakistan-backed terror groups and vowed stern retaliation. As part of its countermeasures, India has suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty until Islamabad verifiably ends its support for terrorism across the border.
The treaty, brokered by the World Bank, governs the sharing of six rivers between the two nations. The Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India. At the same time, the Treaty allows each country certain uses of the rivers allocated to the other. The treaty gives India 20 per cent of the water from the Indus River System and the rest 80 per cent to Pakistan.
