Scrapping Indus Water Treaty need of hour: SRS
19/02/2019
JAMMU, Feb 18: Shri Ram Sena today reiterated its demand to scrap Indus Water Treaty henceforth which is in interests of country in general and J&K State in particular. In a statement issued here, Shri Ram Sena J&K State President Rajiv Mahajan said that blood and water cannot flow together, adding that any favour to Pakistan from now onwards will be heartbreaking for our brave soldiers who are fighting decisive fight to root out terrorism from J&K and also their families who for the sake of Motherland suffers with them while serving on Border at their homes.
Mahajan further said that any pact can be successful only in an atmosphere of goodwill, trust and friendship, which are missing at present as Pakistan continues bleeding India and hence continuing Indus Water Treaty in present scenario is pointless and uncalled for.
Successive governments in J&K have been pushing for scrapping of the World Bank-brokered 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan which has caused heavy losses to the state and put a spanner in its development , but now is the right time to do it, he added.
The water-sharing agreement restricts J&K from fully exploiting its hydro resources for irrigation and power generation. It is a bottleneck for which J&K state has forgone its development of industry, power and agriculture for the last 60 years.
After the Pulwama fidayeen attack on CRPF besides weighing military and non-military options to avenge Islamabad scrapping of IWT is most effective option, Mahajan added.
The Lethpora incident is a latest scar inflicted upon India. Time has come when India must scrap the Indus Water Treaty, thus leaving Pakistan high and dry. The Mumbai, Pathankot, Uri, Nagrota and Sunjwan Jammu attacks speak of Islamabad's ill-will against India.
That be so, why should India treat the Indus Water Treaty as untouchable. So long, it has been covertly abetting terrorism on Indian soil but now its brazenness has crossed all the limits, Mahajan maintained.
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