Peoples Conference president Sajjad Lone on Wednesday sharply criticized Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remark on the Indus Water Treaty, dismissing them as "right-wing gibberish" intended to appease the BJP.
The team arrived at Jammu on Sunday and flew to Kishtwar in helicopters to examine the power projects coming up on the Chenab River that comes under the IWT.
On being asked why Pakistan is making such statements while undergoing an economic crisis, Shekhawat said
New Delhi has called on Islamabad to enter into inter-governmental negotiations within 90 days to rectify the material breach of the treaty by Pakistan.
The two countries would hold the PCIW level talks in New Delhi for the next two days to discuss the water issues as the country continues to bear a heavy brunt of water scarcity.
The Committee observed that although the Indus Water Treaty has stood the test of time, it "was framed on the basis of knowledge and technology existing at the time of its agreement in the 1960s" when the perspective of both the nations at that time was confined to river management and usage of water through the construction of dams, barrages, canals and hydro-power generation.
Addressing a rally in poll-bound Haryana's Charki Dadri, PM Modi said that for 70 years, the water which belonged to India and the farmers of Haryana flowed to Pakistan.
Gadkari further said that India has started studying the matter internally and that the water will be diverted to Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
The PDP on Friday described as “worrisome” the centre’s decision to divert its unutilised share of water from the eastern rivers to J-K, Punjab and Haryana instead of letting it flow to Pakistan and warned that any such step would have “far-reaching consequences”.
The decision follows the suicide bombing in Kashmir carried out by a terrorist of the Pak-based JeM which killed 44 CRPF troopers.
