Press Release Asserting that Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan has failed to achieve the desired results, the former union minister and MLA, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta has stressed for a review of this agreement to take care of its bad effects, especially the interests of Jammu and Kashmir. Prof. Gupta recalled that the Indus water Treaty was framed in September 1960, when the then Prime Minister, Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru Visited Pakistan (Karachi) in search of peace and good neighbourly relations. Pakistan had been staking claim on the Kashmir with the plea that Kashmir is life line for survival of their country because all the three major rivers viz Indus, Jehlum and Chenab flow through this State. To alley the fears of Pakistan, the Indus Water Treaty had come into being and it was given that the major portions of the waters of these rivers would be left for use of Pakistan, and India would have the full control of waters of Sutlej, Bias and Ravi. There was no restriction imposed for exploiting the hydel power potential by India in J&K............ .....
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:32:50 +0000