Overview

• The drop from 1.6 lakh to 1.33 lakh cusecs on June 16 represents a 16.87% fall compared with last year, with Punjab province also seeing a 2.25% reduction.
• India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty on April 23 after a terror attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people, ending treaty obligations indefinitely.
• The halt in data sharing leaves Pakistan unable to monitor river levels, heightening flood and drought risks during the approaching monsoon.
• Pakistan’s sowing of Kharif crops is imperiled by the water shortfall, threatening harvests and rural incomes ahead of the rains.
• India plans a 113-kilometer canal and 12 tunnels to divert western river waters to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, which could further curtail flows to Pakistan.