देश
Modi government stops country’s share of water to Pakistan, will divert it to Kashmir
Union Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that Modi government has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. “Under the leadership of Hon’ble PM Sri Narendra Modi ji, Our Govt. has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will divert water from Eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab,” tweeted Gadkari.
Gadkari said that the construction of dam has started at Shahpur- Kandi on Ravi river. “Moreover, UJH project will store our share of water for use in J&K and the balance water will flow from 2nd Ravi-BEAS Link to provide water to other basin states. All the above Projects are declared as the National projects,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, MoS Jitendra Singh said to a private news channel that India won’t allow a single drop of water to Pakistan.
The development comes days after India revoked the most-favoured nation (MFN) status to Pakistan in the aftermath of Pulwama terror attack.
Withdrawal of the MFN status would significantly hit Pakistan’s exports to India, which stood at USD 488.5 million (around Rs 3,482.3 crore) in 2017-18.
