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India to Stop Water Supply to Pakistan: Indian Minister

NEW DELHI: India’s minister for Water Resources and River Development Nitin Gadkari has threatened to stop supply of water from its Eastern Rivers to Pakistan and divert it to Occupied Kashmir and Indian Punjab instead.

The threat is the latest in anti-Pakistan rhetoric coming from across the border since last week’s attack in Pulwama area of Indian Occupied Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of more than 40 Indian soldiers.

In the latest threat on Thursday, Indian Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the Narendra Modi-led government has decided to stop river water that flows to Pakistan.

“We will divert water from Eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab,” the Indian minister said in the tweets sent out to his 4.42 million followers.

“The construction of dam has started at Shahpur- Kandi on Ravi River. Moreover, UJH project will store our share of water for use in J&K and the balance water will flow from 2nd Ravi-BEAS Link to provide water to other basin states,” he said.