2024-04-25 13:46:44
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar has said that India has full rights over the water of Ravi river under a treaty. He said the treaty legally binds Pakistan not to approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against “water aggression” by the neighboring country. “There is a water treaty between Pakistan and India. The water rights on the Ravi river belong to India and we cannot interfere in it,” Tarar said during the proceedings of a calling attention notice submitted to the National Assembly (Pakistani Parliament) to discuss India’s actions. can not do.”
Cannot go to court against India: Pakistan
He said, “Recourse to the International Court cannot be taken against India on this issue.” India claims the waters of the Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers under the Indus Water Treaty signed between the two countries in 1960. PTI MNA Zartaj Gul, who presented the notice in the lower house of Parliament, came down hard on Tarar and said that today the Law Minister has accepted India’s right over the Ravi river, which is regrettable. Responding to Gul, the Law Minister said that legal issues should not be politicized.
Both countries have signed the Indus Water Treaty
The Law Minister said, “This [सिंधु जल संधि] Both the countries had signed it in 1960, however, India wants to exit it, but the ICJ has stopped it from exiting.” He also said that although Pakistan succeeded on the issue of Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project. The News International claimed that India has stopped the flow of water from the Ravi river to Pakistan with the completion of the Shahpur Kandi Barrage located on the border of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
Ravi water will change the face of Jammu and Kashmir
According to reports, Jammu and Kashmir will now get 1,150 cusecs of water from Ravi which was earlier allocated to Pakistan. This water will be used to irrigate more than 32,000 hectares of land in Kathua and Samba districts. The Shahpur Kandi Barrage project, important for irrigation and hydropower generation, has faced many challenges over the last three decades. However, now it is about to be completed.