Pahalgam terror attack: India suspends Indus Waters treaty, what is it and how will it affect Pakistan
India News | India has halted the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan as it took swift action after the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that has killed at least 27 people and injured many. What is Indus Water Treaty?
India has taken major steps against Pakistan after terror attack inPahalgam killed at least 27 people and injured many. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a cabinet committee security meeting and finalised the action on the neighbouring country. India halted the Indus Water Treaty temporarily, closed down posts various diplomats, imposed visa restrictions and closed the Attari checkpost with immediate effect.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri addressed a press conference and said, "The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism."
What is Indus Water Treaty?
India and Pakistan, in 1960, made a formal agreement, called the Indus Waters Treaty, to decide how water will be shared between the both countries from the Indus river. The need for a treaty for water sharing arose after Independence when control over the river became a point of potential conflict between the two nations.
India briefly stopped water flow to Pakistan in 1948. Later, Pakistan complained to the United Nations (UN) that India wasn't letting enough water through. The UN suggested getting help, which led to the World Bank stepping in to mediate. After almost nine years of negotiation, India's then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's then President Ayub Khan finally signed the agreement in 1960.
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The treaty splits the six main rivers of the Indus system between India and Pakistan:
Indiagot control of threeeastern rivers:
- Ravi
- Beas
- Sutlej
- Indus
- Chenab
- Jhelum
