Chandigarh, June 9 -- IPS officer Sanjay Kundu (retd), who has held the charge of director general of the National Water Development Agency (NWDA), engaged in a discussion with Lt General KJS "Tiny" Dhillon (retd) on the topic "The Indus Waters Treaty" at the event. He said, "The treaty, which governs the distribution of water in northern states, is largely prejudicial to India. With India keeping certain articles and annexures of the treaty in abeyance, we can get Pakistan to renounce its claim on POK as it is water scarce and gets 80% of the water from the Indus basin." Kundu explained how certain articles and annexures of the treaty had not been in favour of India. Citing an instance, he elucidated how India has not been able to desilt or repair the existing canals in the 3 western rivers - Indus, Jhelum and Chenab - due to absence of required permission granted by Pakistan. "With keeping such articles and annexures of the treaty in abeyance, India is in a strong position. Within five to ten years, Pakistan will become a desert. We can even get POK back and can also get Pakistan to address border issues, including LOC and LAC," he said. Kundu added, "Overall, Pakistan is using 84% of the water from the Indus basin, while India is using 16%. About 80% of Pakistan's water requirement is being fulfilled by the basin. We have given Pakistan about 130-140 million acre feet (MAF) water and we have got 30 MAF from eastern rivers. We have consumptive rights to eastern rivers which are not being utilised 100%. However, we do not have any such rights for the western rivers. By not following the annexures, India can use 30 MAF water from western rivers and not give it to Pakistan." Kundu said with the additional 30 MAF water, 10 MAF can be provided to Ladakh, J&K and Himachal Pradesh, and 20 MAF can be given to Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, solving the water crisis in northern India....