Yet despite the river’s importance, Pakistan has scant capacity to manage against sustained shortfalls in water availability. All Pakistan’s Indus Basin reservoirs combined provide water storage ...

India is implementing a comprehensive plan to optimise the usage of the Indus river system through inter-basin water transfers. The strategy includes constructing a 113-km canal to redirect excess ...

India considering plan to expand canal on Chenab river allocated to Pakistan; Delhi weighing other projects that could reduce flow of water into Pakistan, sources and documents indicate ...

Item 1 of 3 People walk on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Pakistan April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput/File Photo [1/3] People walk on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in ...

Pakistan has denied the allegations. The move by India to pause the treaty came as a surprise, especially as the pact — signed in 1960 — had previously managed to withstand multiple conflicts.

The Indus River system includes the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers, with usage rights divided between India and Pakistan under the 1960 agreement.

Despite the ceasefire, India is advancing plans to significantly increase water diversion from the Indus River system, which serves as Pakistan’s key water source. The Indus Water Treaty ...

Pakistan alleged that India has almost entirely stopped the flow of water across the border through the Chenab river as fears of a clash between the two neighbors mount following a deadly attack ...

Exclusive-India Weighs Plan to Slash Pakistan Water Supply With New Indus River Project By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Krishna N. Das, Aftab Ahmed, Charlotte Greenfield, Ariba Shahid NEW DELHI ...

NEW DELHI/KARACHI (Reuters) -India suspended its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan last month after the killing of 26 civilians in Kashmir, which New Delhi blames on Islamabad.