After India postponed the Indus Treaty and closing the gates of Bagihar and Salal dams, there has been a significant decrease in the water level of Chenab river in Pakistan. Pakistan has also released its information.
According to Pakistan’s news site Dawn News, the flow of water in Chenab recorded on Marla Headworks was reduced from 35,000 cusecs to about 3,100 cusecs on Monday morning.
A senior official of Pakistan’s Punjab Irrigation Department confirmed Dawn on Monday, “He (Indian officials) has almost stopped the Chenab river flow to Pakistan after a decision on Sunday.”
In addition, in the meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Indus River System Authority in Islamabad on Monday, concern was also expressed on India’s unilateral decision, causing additional decrease in kharif crops, which is already facing an estimated 21 percent decrease.
The water regulator has declared a total reduction of 21 percent for the remaining initial kharif season, provided that the supply in the Chenab river remains normal. However, according to the report of Don News, the situation will be monitored on a daily basis and if the deficiency continues, the deficiency will be reviewed.
Pakistan is dependent on these river systems for irrigation for most of its agriculture.
Meanwhile, in the latest photographs received from the Reasi region of Jammu and Kashmir, all the gates of the Salal Dam on the Chenab river appeared closed. In the photographs obtained from Ramban, all the gates of the Bagalihar Hydroelectric Project Dam on the Chenab River appeared to be closed.
The move has received strong support from the residents of the region. He has condemned Pakistan’s action and warned that continuous provocation may lead to war and has repeated support for India’s recent steps.
After the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people lost their lives, most of whom were tourists, the Government of India took various steps against Pakistan.
These steps include suspending the Indus Water Treaty signed between the two countries in 1960. Defense, military, Navy and air advisors were declared unwanted at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi and asked to leave India within a week.
The government has reiterated its commitment to take strict action against terrorism and vow to ensure that the criminals and masterminds of the Pahalgam attack are strongly punished.
