Shah chairs important meeting on Indus Waters Treaty issue
New Delhi, Apr 25 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is holding an important meeting with the Union Jal Shakti Ministry on Friday on further action to be taken after India decided to hold in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan.
According to sources, the meeting is being attended by Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil and senior officials of related ministries.
The meeting is expected to focus on the subsequent actions and the general framework for executing the decision.
India has suspended the 65-year-old Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan following the heinous terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.
Notably, India on Thursday night formally informed Pakistan about the decision to hold in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty with immediate effect, in the aftermath of the Pahalgam massacre of 26 tourists by Pakistan-linked terrorists.
The letter sent by Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary of the Jal Shakti Ministry to Syed Ali Murtaza, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Pakistan, said, 'The obligation to honour a treaty in good faith is fundamental to a treaty. However, what we have seen instead is sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir'.
'The resulting security uncertainties have directly impeded India's full utilization of its rights under the Treaty."
Furthermore, apart from other breaches committed by it, Pakistan has refused to respond to India's request to enter into negotiations as envisaged under the Treaty and is thus in breach of the Treaty.
'The Government of India has hereby decided that the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect,' the letter reads.
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