PM to review Indus Waters Treaty today
In an indication that the government was weighing extreme diplomatic actions against Pakistan in the wake of the terror attack on an Army camp in Uri, Kashmir last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to chair a meeting on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) on Monday.
The IWT between India and Pakistan was sealed in 1960.
The IWT, brokered by the World Bank, was signed between the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani counterpart General Ayub Khan.
Studying fallout
The meeting that the Prime Minister will chair would have representatives from the Water Resources and External Affairs Ministries. “It is only a meeting to assess the Indus Waters Treaty. The Prime Minister will discuss the pros and cons of turning off the tap to Pakistan,” said a top government official.
The meeting comes in the wake of Mr. Modi’s first public speech post-Uri attacks in Kozhikode on Saturday.
Mr. Modi had said the government would take measures to isolate Pakistan diplomatically.
