The long-surviving treaty reached its end as a retaliation by India, who blamed Pakistan for the recent militant attack in KashmirIndus Water Treaty suspension: What happens if India halts water flowing into Pakistan? REUTERS/Yasir RajputIndia has suspended its obligations under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a longstanding agreement that governs the use of water from six rivers in the Indus basin shared with Pakistan. Most of India’s projects in the Indus basin are run-of-the-river hydropower plants, which do not store significant amounts of water. In 2016, following similar tensions between India and Pakistan, China blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra, citing hydropower construction needs. China's plans to build the world's largest dam on the same tributary could mirror the situation between India and Pakistan, with India fearing that China could gain major control over the river's flow.

Source: bd News24 April 25, 2025 15:00 UTC