| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The Indian government is currently constructing a Chenab–Beas link tunnel on the Chenab river so its water can be diverted to other rivers.
Chenab-Beas tunnel
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
India has never used its full share of the water; of the water it was permitted to use for consumption and power generation, India has used only about 20%.
underuse of water share
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Under the treaty, about 80% of the total water of the six rivers went to Pakistan and only 20% to India.
80-20 water split
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960; under it Pakistan receives the waters of the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab rivers, while India got rights over the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers.
treaty river allocation
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pakistan security |
accurate |
98.0% |
| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Because the treaty is suspended, India is currently not sharing with Pakistan information on when it will release water from its dams and barrages, full river-flow data, or important flood warnings.
data sharing halt
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pakistan security |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
This is Pakistan's language — it wants to hold talks and issue threats at the same time.
Pakistan's rhetoric
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Bilawal had also said that if India stopped the Indus river's water, there would be war between the two countries.
Bilawal war warning
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pakistan security |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had said that either Pakistan's water will flow in the Indus or India's blood will flow.
Bilawal water threat
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pakistan security |
accurate |
95.0% |
| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam last year, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty.
IWT suspension
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pakistan security |
accurate |
97.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
Pakistan can keep issuing threats, but its throat will keep drying up as long as it keeps pandering to terrorists.
Pakistan threats
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
India has already made clear that the Indus Water Treaty will remain suspended until Pakistan completely ends cross-border terrorism.
treaty suspension conditions
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that if India tries to restrict water flows it will be treated as an extreme situation, and Pakistan will keep the option of a nuclear response open.
nuclear threat rhetoric
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
Pakistan's former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said India is a rogue state and that suspending the Indus Water Treaty shows it is not fit to remain in the UN General Assembly.
Hina Rabbani Khar remarks
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
An 850 MW Ratle hydropower project in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, has been given the green light and will be built.
Ratle hydropower project
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
The 1,000 MW Pakal Dul project and Dulhasti Stage II hydropower project on the Chenab in Kishtwar have been approved, and the Sawalkot project on the Chenab in Kashmir, to be built for 31,380 crore rupees with a stated capacity of 10,856 MW, has also been approved.
Chenab hydropower projects
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
A Chenab-Beas link tunnel project costing 2,352 crore rupees has begun in Himachal Pradesh, with an 8 km tunnel that will divert extra Chenab river water to the Beas basin.
Chenab-Beas link tunnel
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
Pakistan's North Western Canal, which used to receive about 6,200 cusecs, is now getting only 2,100 cusecs — a 64.1% reduction.
North Western Canal shortfall
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
The Dadu Canal in Pakistan, which previously received about 5,000 cusecs, is now getting only 860 cusecs — 82% less water.
Dadu Canal shortfall
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
According to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, the Rice Canal is receiving only 5,300 cusecs of water against its usual 8,700 cusecs, a 38% shortfall.
Rice Canal shortfall
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
Since suspending the treaty, India now first fulfills its own water needs and only releases the leftover water to Pakistan, unlike before when it released water according to the treaty terms.
post-suspension water policy
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
In November 1960 in the Lok Sabha, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru responded to questions about the 80-20 water split by saying critics were showing a narrow mindset and that India was giving the water to establish peace.
Nehru Lok Sabha remarks
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
Under the Indus Water Treaty agreement, India also paid Pakistan 83 crore rupees.
payment to Pakistan
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
For 65 years under the treaty, India received only 20% of the water of the six Indus basin rivers while 80% went to Pakistan.
80-20 water split
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
After the Pahalgam terror attack by Pakistani terrorists in April 2025, India suspended the Indus Water Treaty for the first time on 23 April 2025.
treaty suspension
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-01 |
The Indus Water Treaty was signed on 19 September 1960 and survived the 1965 war, 1971 war, 1999 Kargil conflict, Mumbai terror attack, and Pulwama attack.
Indus treaty history
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