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IWT suspension: India likely to take visible on-ground action soon
India on Wednesday suspended the IWT and downgraded diplomatic ties with Pakistan, a day after 26 people - mostly tourists - were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir's Pahalgam
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In this image released by PMO on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), in New Delhi. At least 26 people were killed in a terror attack in Pahalgam on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)
In the coming days, action will be visible on the ground that will underscore the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 — which governs the use of waters from rivers flowing downstream from India into Pakistan’s Indus river basin — said a source aware of the matter. The source rejected the notion that no action could be taken without enhancing India’s storage capacity on the three western rivers — the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab — allocated to Pakistan under the treaty. Expanding storage capacity on these rivers, the source added, is now on the agenda, made more
