India will stop share of its water flowing into Pakistan: minister

By REUTERS

Published: 07:40 pm Feb 21, 2019

FILE: Labourers walk on a bridge near the newly inaugurated 450-megawatt hydropower project located at Baglihar Dam on the Chenab river which flows from Indian Kashmir into Pakistan, at Chanderkote, about 145 km (90 miles) north of Jammum, on October 10, 2008. Photo: Reuters

NEW DELHI: India has decided to stop the flow of water to Pakistan from its share in the rivers under the Indus Water Treaty regulating river flows between the two nations, a government minister said on Thursday.

'Our government has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan,' Nitin Gadkari, India's transport and water resources minister, tweeted. India will divert water from eastern rivers and supply it to its people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, he said.

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India will stop share of its water flowing into Pakistan: minister