India decides to stop water to Pakistan
Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari (File Photo)
Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari (File Photo)
New Delhi | India on Thursday decided to stop its share of water from the eastern rivers to Pakistan.
“Under the leadership of (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), our government has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will divert water from eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab,” Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted.
Under the leadership of Hon'ble PM Sri @narendramodi ji, Our Govt. has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will divert water from Eastern rivers and supply it to our people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
— Nitin Gadkari (मोदी का परिवार) (@nitin_gadkari) February 21, 2019
The decision follows the suicide bombing in Kashmir which killed 40 CRPF troopers and which was claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) outfit.
Published on: Feb 21, 2019 at 18:58 IST
IANS
