ProMASS News Bureau: Sep 26, 2016: Taking further firm stance against Pakistan, The Govt of India took up the Indus Water Treaty issue today. The Government will soon set up an inter ministerial task force to exploit the full potential of the rivers Indus, Chenab, Jhelum as per the Indus Water Treaty. Official sources said, this was decided today at a high level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take stock of the treaty in the wake of sustained cross border attacks including Uri terror strike.
Under the treaty, which was signed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan President Ayub Khan in
1960, water of six rivers – Beas, Ravi, Sutlej, Indus, Chenab and Jhelum – were to be shared between the two countries. The treaty, brokered by the World Bank, is often considered to be one-sided and there has been growing clamour for relook.
