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        "msgid": "india-says-it-is-working-to-stop-water-flowing-into-pakistan-1781085060",
        "date": "2026-06-10 15:42:08",
        "title": "India says it is working to stop water flowing into Pakistan",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNA",
        "tags": "Asia",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "India has escalated tensions with Pakistan by vowing to prevent any water from the Indus basin from flowing across the border, following the suspension of a key bilateral water treaty last year. The move could have severe long-term implications for Pakistan\u2019s agriculture and economy, though experts note India\u2019s current infrastructure lacks the capacity for immediate large-scale diversion. The dispute is rooted in broader political and security conflicts between the nuclear-armed neighbours, particularly over the contested Kashmir region.",
        "content": "<p>India says it is working to stop water flowing into Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India is working to ensure \u201cnot a single drop of water\u201d\nwill flow into neighbouring Pakistan, the water minister has said, after\nNew Delhi suspended a major treaty last year.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has previously said it would consider any attempt to change\nthe flow of cross-border waterways as an \u201cact of war\u201d, and says that the\n1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT) remains in force as there is no mechanism\nto unilaterally withdraw from it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is certain, not a single drop of water will go (to Pakistan) in\nthe coming years,\u201d Minister of Water CR Patil told India\u2019s ANI news\nagency late on Tuesday (Jun 9).<\/p>\n<p>Patil, speaking in Hindi, said that India is \u201cactively working on it\u201d\nafter \u201cdirectives\u201d from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>The treaty governs the use of water from six rivers, whose headwaters\noriginate in India but flow into Pakistan as part of the Indus basin - a\nresource relied on by hundreds of millions.<\/p>\n<p>The Indus cuts through ultra-sensitive demarcation lines between\nIndia and Pakistan in contested, Muslim-majority Kashmir - a Himalayan\nterritory both countries claim in full.<\/p>\n<p>India said in May 2025 that it suspended its IWT membership, after\naccusing Islamabad of backing a deadly attack on tourists on the Indian\nside of Kashmir - charges Pakistan denied.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear-armed neighbours fought a four-day conflict - with\nintense drone, missile and artillery exchanges, killing nearly 70 people\non both sides.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of water has remained a bitter point of contention\nsince.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Pakistan accused India of wanting to \u201cweaponise\u201d\nwater, after two initiatives were announced by New Delhi on the section\nof the Chenab River it controls.<\/p>\n<p>In May, India\u2019s government-owned National Hydroelectric Power\nCorporation issued a tender notice for a proposed tunnel project that\nwould transfer water from the Chenab River to the Beas Basin.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s power ministry said in January it was undertaking \u201csediment\nremoval\u201d at Salal Power Station on the Chenab River \u201cfollowing the\ntermination of the Indus Waters Treaty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that India\u2019s existing dams do not have the capacity to\nblock or divert water, and can only regulate timings of when it releases\nflows.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting flows would have serious implications for Pakistan\u2019s\nagriculture and overall economy, but any project would take several\nyears before they have an impact.<\/p>\n<p>An official in the Indian-controlled Kashmir said that any work would\n\u201cnot be possible to start before mid-2027\u201d, and would take at least five\nyears to complete.<\/p>",
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