New Delhi, April 25 -- The government has issued an official notification on holding the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, sources said on Friday.

Yesterday, Jal Shakti Ministry Secretary Debashree Mukherjee wrote to her Pakistan counterpart Syed Ali Murtaza, conveying that the Indian government has decided that "the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect".

"These communications cited fundamental changes in the circumstances that have taken place since the Treaty was executed that require a re-assessment of obligations under the various Articles of the Treaty read with its Annexures," the letter said.

On Thursday, a high-level meeting was conducted at the Ministry of Home Affairs amid ongoing developments...