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New Indian Express
12-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Jalshakti Min Somanna says Hemavathi express canal project should be modified
TUMAKURU: Union MoS for Railways and Jalshakti V Somanna on Wednesday held a meeting with those who protested against Hemavathy Express canal at the project site at Sunkapura in Gubbi. He asked them to continue with their agitation demanding that the Rs 1,000 crore project be stalled. Three legislators and several religious heads were among hundreds of agitators booked for protesting on May 31. Somanna said he will ensure the project gets modified, and demanded that water should flow naturally using gravity instead of the pipeline to Kunigal.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Indus pact in abeyance with immediate effect, unfazed India tells Pak
(ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Hours after Pakistan said any attempt to divert water meant for it under the Indus Waters Treaty will be an "act of war", an unfazed India on Thursday formally communicated to its hostile neighbour that the 1960 treaty will be held in abeyance with immediate effect. "The obligation to honour a treaty in good faith is fundamental. However, what we have seen instead is sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir ," Jalshakti ministry secretary Debashree Mukherjee said in a letter marked to her Pakistan counterpart Syed Ali Murtaza. Mukherjee said 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 thus, it's a breach... Govt of India has hereby decided the Indus Waters Treaty, will be held in abeyance with immediate effect," the official wrote.
