Why can not India end the Indus Water Treaty?
Modi government ended Nehru’s one of the Kashmir related blunder by abrogating Artice 370 and 35A in 2019. Not just Indian congress leaders but Pakistani leaders opposed this move. This gives idea who were benefiting from a special constitutional provision regarding J&K. The next is suspension of Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in 2025. The Modi government has plans to connect the Indus river with the Ravi-Beas rivers by diverting the water to the Harike Barrage in Punjab through Sutlej river. The mega canal will be around 200 km long, and involves constructing as many as 12 large tunnels. Water running through these these tunnels will flow into the Indira Gandhi Canal, and a few others, including the Ganga Canal in Rajasthan, ultimately flowing into the Yamuna River. As per media reports, the expansion of the plan involves connecting these river streams to the Yamuna, and work is underway to increase the capacity of the Ganga Canal, remove silt and stop leakage along with Sirhind Feeder ...