India decides to stop water to Pakistan after Pulwama terror attack
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Continuing its tough stance in the wake of Pulwama terror attack, India on Thursday decided to stop its share of water from the three eastern rivers –the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej — to Pakistan.
"Under the leadership of (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), our government has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will divert water from eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab," Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, speaking at a public meeting in Baghpat, Gadkari said that after partition India got three rivers but their water were flowing to Pakistan.
"… Water will be diverted to Yamuna. It means, there will be more water in Yamuna," he said.
Under the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, control over the water flowing in three "eastern" rivers of India – the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej with the mean flow of 33 million acre-feet (MAF) – was given to India.
While control over the water flowing in three "western" rivers of India – the Indus, the Chenab and the Jhelum with the mean flow of 80 MAF – was given to Pakistan.