Jammu, June 21 -- Nearly two months after suspending it after the Pahalgam terror attack, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the government will not restore the Indus Water Treaty and is moving forward with plans to construct a canal to divert excess water from Rajasthan currently flowing to Pakistan.
The statement, made during an exclusive interview with a leading English daily, underscores India's strategic shift in managing its water resources amid ongoing tensions with its neighbor.
The Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960, allocates the waters of the Indus River system between India and Pakistan, granting India control over the eastern rivers (Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi) while Pakistan controls the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, ...