In but some other sturdy step towards Pakistan amid Pahalgam pressure, India has stanched the float of water in the course of the Baglihar Dam at the Chenab River. Following this step, India could also be making plans equivalent measures on the Kishanganga Dam at the Jhelum River, in step with media experiences.
Several media experiences additionally advised that those hydroelectric dams – Baglihar in Ramban in Jammu and Kishanganga in north Kashmir – be offering India the facility to keep watch over the timing of water releases. The newest choice via New Delhi comes days after it determined to droop the decades-old treaty within the wake of the killing of 26 other people, most commonly vacationers, in an apprehension assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
#WATCH | J&Ok: Latest visuals from Ramban the place all gates of Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project Dam on Chenab River are closed. pic.twitter.com/aqyAQOoMCY
— ANI (@ANI) May 4, 2025
The Indus Waters Treaty has ruled the usage of the Indus River and its tributaries between India and Pakistan since 1960. The Baglihar Dam has been a longstanding level of competition between the 2 international locations, with Pakistan having sought World Bank arbitration previously.
The Kishanganga Dam has confronted felony and diplomatic scrutiny, particularly relating to its affect at the Neelum River, a tributary of the Jhelum. Following the Pahalgam terror assault, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to take revenge on Pakistan to do away with the perpetrators and backers of terrorism.
In mild of PM Modi’s unravel, New Delhi has taken a slew of measures towards the neighbouring nation, together with postponing the Indus Water Treaty signed between each international locations in 1960 and halting all kinds of imports.
Defence, Military, Naval, and Air Advisors within the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi had been declared character non grata and requested to go away India inside every week.