*GORAKHPUR* – Indian government minister has announced to stop Pakistaniwaters from rivers flowing to Pakistan.
Indian Union Minister Gajebdra Singh on Monday said India will stop theflow of excess water into Pakistan without violating the Indus Water Treaty.
The Union water resources minister said the government has begun theprocess.
“There is a treaty between India and Pakistan on Indus river water butthere is lot of excess water of other rivers which flows to Pakistan,” hetold reporters here.
He said there is a vast land area beyond the Ravi river and rainwater whichgets accumulated there goes to Pakistan through rivers.
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“We will stop excess flow of water to Pakistan which is the right of Indianfarmers and people, and no one should have objections on it,” Shekhawatsaid.
He recently said dams are built not only to generate electricity but alsofor use in the lean season.
