Srinagar, July 22 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that while the benefits of a full reversal of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) will take time, his government is focusing on medium-term projects that can begin immediately.

Abdullah has been vociferously opposing the treaty since he was the Minister of State of External Affairs, saying that the 1960 agreement was the "most unfair document" ever imposed on the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

He described the IWT as a document that "essentially denied Jammu and Kashmir the opportunity to store water" and forced all power projects to be "run of the river".

"We can't suddenly build power projects and start storing water," Abdullah said and acknowledged the long-term n...