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India Threatens a New Weapon Against Pakistan: Water
Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River, which flows from India-controlled Kashmir into Pakistan. A water war could be catastrophic to the hundreds of millions of people in India and Pakistan who depend on river water.CreditAmit Gupta/Reuters
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Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River, which flows from India-controlled Kashmir into Pakistan. A water war could be catastrophic to the hundreds of millions of people in India and Pakistan who depend on river water.CreditCreditAmit Gupta/Reuters
By Jeffrey Gettleman
Nitin Gadkari, India’s transport minister, said in a Twitter message that “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.”
Some analysts said this was the strongest threat India has made yet since the attack in which a suicide bomber killed more than 40 Indian troops in the disputed region of Kashmir.
A full-blown water war could be catastrophic to the hundreds of millions of people in India and Pakistan who depend on river water. But this latest threat was not accompanied by details on when or how India might act to divert more water from Pakistan downstream or how large, in reality, such diversions would be.
young man who grew up in the India-controlled part of Kashmir. He rammed a car full of explosives into an Indian convoy, ripping apart a bus packed with paramilitary troops.
Jaish-e-Mohammed, a militant group with links to Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack, and India accused Pakistan of helping the bomber pull off his deadly mission.
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Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River, which flows from India-controlled Kashmir into Pakistan. A water war could be catastrophic to the hundreds of millions of people in India and Pakistan who depend on river water.CreditAmit Gupta/Reuters
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Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River, which flows from India-controlled Kashmir into Pakistan. A water war could be catastrophic to the hundreds of millions of people in India and Pakistan who depend on river water.CreditCreditAmit Gupta/Reuters
By Jeffrey Gettleman
- Feb. 21, 2019
Nitin Gadkari, India’s transport minister, said in a Twitter message that “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.”
Some analysts said this was the strongest threat India has made yet since the attack in which a suicide bomber killed more than 40 Indian troops in the disputed region of Kashmir.
A full-blown water war could be catastrophic to the hundreds of millions of people in India and Pakistan who depend on river water. But this latest threat was not accompanied by details on when or how India might act to divert more water from Pakistan downstream or how large, in reality, such diversions would be.
young man who grew up in the India-controlled part of Kashmir. He rammed a car full of explosives into an Indian convoy, ripping apart a bus packed with paramilitary troops.
Jaish-e-Mohammed, a militant group with links to Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack, and India accused Pakistan of helping the bomber pull off his deadly mission.
India Threatens a New Weapon Against Pakistan: Water
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