The bilateral agreement for sharing of the waters of the Indus between India and Pakistan has survived wars and periods of high tension over more than six decades. It has been regarded as one of the most successful water apportioning arrangements in the world, but no longer, having been suspended by India after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22.
“Terror and talks cannot go together; water and blood cannot flow together,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, justifying the punitive action against Pakistan and putting in abeyance a sharing of waters that has been extremely generous to Pakistan.
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