"They try to isolate diplomatically, they try to strangulate economically, they39;re trying to strangulate our water resources – and water automatically will have an impact on your economy, your agriculture and your irrigation," Muzammil Hussain, chairman of the Pakistani government39;s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), told Reuters.Relations between the neighbours, already hostile, have been further strained after India revoked plastic flowmeters z 500ffemale series the special status of the Jammu and Kashmir region.
A World Bank-mediated arrangement known as the Indus Water Treaty splits the Indus River and its tributaries — which 80 per cent of Pakistan39;s irrigated agriculture depends on — between the countries.India, however, rejected the claim saying that under the terms of a water treaty between the two nations it had informed Pakistan about the release of excess water late on Monday when it crossed a certain threshold.India39;s Ministry of Water Resources told Reuters late on Monday that under the treaty, advance information needs to be given in a situation when "extraordinary discharges of water from reservoirs and flood flows" could harm the other party.
(Photo: File)New Delhi/Islamabad: Accusing India of waging "fifth-generation warfare", Pakistan said on Monday that New Delhi had failed to inform it about the release of water from a dam that could cause flooding across the border. Pakistan reacted with fury, cutting transport and trade links and expelling India39;s ambassador in retaliation.In 2016, after suspending a meeting on the Indus Water Treaty, Modi told government officials that "blood and water cannot flow together".Until Monday, no such extraordinary discharges had been observed on the Indian side in the current flood season.