India has strictly rejected Pakistan’s objections for suspending Indus Water Treaty after the Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April. In the Geneva session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Indian diplomat Anupama Singh said that permanent cooperation rests on trust, not terrorism.

India’s clear message on treaty

Anupama Singh said that the Indus Water Treaty signed in 1960 was done in a sense of goodwill and friendship, but today is completely different. He said, “The world of 1960 is not the world today. Pakistan sponsored terrorism is constantly hollowing out the basic spirit of this treaty.”

Direct attack on Pakistan

The Indian representative accused Pakistan that he tries to give political color to the council’s proceedings repeatedly, while his own record is filled with violation of the principles of the treaty. He said, “The country which continuously and deliberately violates the basic spirit of the treaty, has no right to accuse others.”

Pakistan is struggling with water crisis

India suspended the treaty on 23 April, when Pakistan-backed militants killed 25 tourists and a local pony operator in the Besaran Valley of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. After this move of India, a serious water crisis has arisen in Pakistan. According to reports, both the major reservoirs of Pakistan have reached dead storage level and there has been a huge decline in agricultural production.

The treaty was done by World Bank mediation

The Indus Water Treaty, which took place in the World Bank’s mediation in 1960, has been considered a symbol of cooperation in Indo-Pak relations. Under this treaty, India was given control of Eastern rivers, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, while Pakistan got the rights of Western rivers- Indus, Jhelum and Chenab.

PM Modi’s blunt statement

Let me tell you that after the Pahalgam attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the name of the nation in May, “Water and blood cannot flow together.”

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