Pakistan has written four letters to India, pleading New Delhi to restore the Indus Water Treaty, which was suspended after the Pahalgam terror attack in April.
India suspended the Indus Water Treaty after the heinous April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, and now the Indian government has devised a long-term strategy that will make Pakistan yearn for every single drop of water in the coming future. According to reports the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is committed to make Pakistan pay for the Pahalgam massacre, and plans are in place in to restrict water from the Indus, Sutlej and Beas rivers to the enemy country.
How India plans to halt Indus water to Pakistan
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, quoting sources, 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 in Punjab, Rajasthan Feeder in Haryana and Indira Gandhi Canal.
The 200 km canal will be built parallel to Harike Barrage, according to reports.
Project will benefit multiple states
Once the project is completed, several Indian states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, will be benefitted from the Indus waters, while the excess water will flow into the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
The project is expected to be completed within a span of two-three years, and will also help in reviving the Yamuna River in many places, officials said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has written four letters to India, pleading New Delhi to restore the Indus Water Treaty. However, India has clearly stated the treaty will continue to be abeyance till Pakistan takes visible, concrete action against terrorism.
