New Delhi, April 24 -- A day after India announced a series of measures against Pakistan in the wake of Pahalgam terror attack, a senior official of the Ministry of Jal Shakti wrote to his Pakistan counterpart conveying that the Indian government has decided that "the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect".

The Cabinet Committee on Security, which met a day after the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed, took a series of measures to send a strong message to Pakistan for its support to cross-border terrorism.

Jal Shakti Ministry Secretary Debashree Mukherjee wrote to her Pakistan counterpart Syed Ali Murtaza on Thursday conveying that Islamabad had also "breached the treaty".

The letter...