I dia
placed
the
t eaty
i
abeya ce
last
yea
followi g
the
Pahalgam
te o
attack
SRINAGAR:
Pakista
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if
wa ed
at
a
eve t
i
Islamabad
o
F iday
that
Pakista
would
take
a y
step
to
p otect
its
wate
ights
u de
the
I dus
Wate s
T eaty,
sayi g
“eve y
si gle
d op”
of
Pakista ’s
wate
is
a
“ ed
li e”
a d
“I dia
must
come
to
the
ight
path”
o
it
would
“be
give
a
di ect
espo se”.
His
comme ts
d ew
a
eactio
f om
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
chief
mi iste
Oma
Abdullah
who
said
the
t eaty
has
bee
kept
i
abeya ce
a d
should
emai
so.“Yes,
ou
blood.
We
have
bee
sayi g
this
o ly,
that
ou
blood
has
bee
sucked.
Tha kfully
Shehbaz
Sha if
came
to
his
se ses.
This
(IWT)
has
sucked
the
blood
out
of
us.
These
a e
ou
ive s.
We
have
the
fi st
ight
o
them,”
Oma
told
epo te s
he e.
“Fo
the
sake
of
sayi g,
Pakista is
say
that
they
a e
g eat
sympathise s
of
Kashmi is.
But
whe
it
comes
to
wate ,
thei
sympathy
disappea s.
Whe e
was
his
sympathy
whe
ou
pe missio
to
use
ou
ive s
was
take
away
f om
us,”
the
CM
said.“Out
of
the
six
ive s,
th ee
which
belo ged
to
Pu jab
we e
kept
by
I dia
a d
ou
th ee
ive s
we e
ha ded
ove
to
Pakista .
F om
the
till
today
we
a e
suffe i g
the
co seque ces
of
this
I dus
Wate s
T eaty,”
Oma
said,
addi g
that
u de
the
t eaty
J&K
could
eithe
ext act
d i ki g
wate
f om
the
Che ab
o
use
the
Jhelum
fo
i igatio
o
buildi g
a
ba age
at
Tulbul.
“Ou
blood
has
bee
sucked
a d
ow
the
IWT
has
bee
ca celled.
This
should
emai
ca celled
so
that
we
ca
use
this
wate
p ope ly,”
Oma
added.The
IWT
was
sig ed
betwee
I dia
a d
Pakista
i
1960.
U de
the
t eaty,
I dia
eceived
full
ights
to
use
the
wate s
of
the
th ee
easte
ive s,
Ravi,
Beas
a d
Sutlej,
while
Pakista
eceived
ights
ove
the
th ee
weste
ive s,
I dus,
Che ab
a d
Jhelum.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
I dia
placed
the
t eaty
i
abeya ce
last
yea
followi g
the
Pahalgam
te o
attack.
I
May
last
yea ,
afte
the
t eaty
was
placed
i
abeya ce,
Oma
called
fo
esta ti g
the
Tulbul
Navigatio
P oject
o
Wula
Lake
i
o th
Kashmi .
The
p oject
is
located
o
Wula
Lake
i
the
Sopo e
a ea
of
Ba amulla
dist ict.
Pakista
has
opposed
co st uctio
of
a
439-foot-lo g,
40-foot-wide
ba age,
also
k ow
as
the
Wula
ba age
o
Tulbul
Navigatio
P oject,
with
a
avigatio
lock
o
the
lake.The
U io
govt
bega
wo k
o
the
p oject
i
1984
to
egulate
wate
levels
a d
facilitate
avigatio .
Howeve ,
wo k
was
halted
a
yea
late
afte
Pakista
objected.
Pakista
aised
the
issue
with
the
I dus
Wate s
Commissio
i
1986
a d
wo k
was
stopped
i
1987.The
gove i g
Natio al
Co fe e ce
i
J&K
has
opposed
the
IWT
all
alo g,
calli g
it
det ime tal
to
the
i te ests
of
the
people
of
Jammu
a d
Kashmi .