New Delhi, May 4: India has reduced the flow of water through the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River and is preparing to take similar action at the Kishanganga Dam on the Jhelum River, according to a source familiar with the situation.
The source explained that both the Baglihar Dam in Jammu’s Ramban district and the Kishanganga Dam in north Kashmir give India the capacity to control the timing and volume of water releases.
This move comes in the wake of India’s suspension of the long-standing Indus Waters Treaty, following a recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, that killed 26 people, most of them tourists.
Signed in 1960 and mediated by the World Bank, the Indus Waters Treaty has governed the distribution and usage of the Indus River system between India and Pakistan.
The Baglihar Dam has previously been a source of friction between the two countries, prompting Pakistan to seek arbitration from the World Bank. Similarly, the Kishanganga Dam has drawn legal and diplomatic attention over concerns about its effects on the Neelum River, a Jhelum tributary.
