India seeks to control rivers into Pakistan as punishment

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In this picture taken from an aircraft, the River Indus flows through Ladakh valley in northern Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir on May 14, 2009. (AFP/File)
  • Says it is building dams to stop its share of water from flowing into Pakistan-administered Kashmir
  • Pakistan fears India may tamper with the WB brokered Indus Water Treaty of 1960

NEW DELHI: India says it is building dams to stop its share of water from flowing into Pakistan-administered Kashmir as it seeks to punish its longtime rival for an attack on paramilitary soldiers last week that left 40 dead.
Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari says India will harness its share of unused water from three rivers to help Indian states.
Pakistan, a country of 200 million people with a largely agriculture-based economy, fears that India may tamper with the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, which calls for the unimpeded flow of the three rivers through Kashmir and farther into Pakistan proper.
The treaty has worked despite three wars between the two countries since 1947.

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