JAMMU/New Delhi, May 5 -- India has cut off water flow to Pakistan from the Baglihar dam on the Chenab river and is also preparing to taper down runoffs from the Kishanganga project on the Jhelum, following through on its decisions not to allow a "single drop" from going to the neighbouring country from the Indus rivers. After a week of discussions and hydrological testing, India begun de-silting operations in the Baglihar dam and lowered sluice gates, reducing downstream flow to Pakistan by up to 90%, while similar operations have been planned for the Kishanganga dam, an official from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation said on Sunday. "We have closed the gates of the Baglihar hydel power project. We had done de-silting of the reservoir and it has to be refilled. The process was started on Saturday," said a second official, who declined to be named. India's actions came within hours of Pakistan's testing its surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Saturday, including banning of the docking of ships bearing the Pakistani flag in all ports of the country. The Kishanganga dam, the first mega hydropower plant located in the north western Himalayas in the Gurez valley, will also undergo massive maintenance work "very soon" and all flow from it downstream will be halted. Pakistan has objected to the designs of both these dams. India paused the six-decade-old Indus water treaty with Pakistan, already strained by long-running disputes, a day after terrorists had killed dozens of tourists in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22. The second official said, "since India has kept the IWT in abeyance, we are exploring all possible ways to use our river waters for the benefit of our citizens". On Saturday, authorities of the Jal Shakti ministry updated the Union home ministry on a raft of measures being planned to augment water supply to northern states from the Indus system rivers....