New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 18 -- As summer approaches, Pakistan's mounting water challenges could deepen further, with India preparing to halt the flow of surplus water from the Ravi River into Pakistan.

The move follows India's placing the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, a decision that has accelerated long-pending infrastructure projects on eastern rivers allocated to India.

According to Jammu and Kashmir's Jal Shakti minister Javed Ahmed Rana, work on the Shahpur Kandi Dam on the Punjab-Jammu and Kashmir border is nearing completion.

Once operational, the dam will allow India to block excess Ravi waters that currently flow downstream into Pakistan, marking a significant shift in how eastern Indus basin rivers are utilised.

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