Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take some stern action against Pakistan post the cross-border Uri attack on September 18 that claimed the lives of 18 Indian soldiers. There’s a clamour all over the media that one of the options Modi can consider is to either scrap or alter the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty.
However, PM Modi met top officials on Monday including the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and foreign secretary S Jaishankar to assess the 1960 treaty with Pakistan. Sources said the government has decided on maximum use of three of the rivers that are governed by Pakistan under the treaty – Indus, Chenab and Jhelum.
The Indus Water Treaty is a water-sharing agreement signed by the then India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan’s President Ayub Khan on September 19, 1960, in Karachi. The treaty deals with the water distribution between the two countries over the sharing rights of six rivers — Beas, Ravi, Sutlej, Indus, Chenab and Jhelum. The agreement was brokered by the World Bank.
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