Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that the treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” ceases its support for cross-border terrorism.
• India has initiated desilting and flushing operations on run-of-river dams in Jammu and Kashmir after six decades of sediment buildup under the original pact.
• Government sources say a phased plan covering short-, mid- and long-term infrastructure projects is in place to capture India’s full share of Indus basin waters for irrigation and urban supply.
• Pakistan’s foreign office condemned the suspension as a breach of international norms and urged direct bilateral talks on Kashmir, water sharing and counterterrorism.
• Analysts warn that sustained suspension could severely affect Pakistan’s agriculture, which depends on more than 80% of its irrigated land being fed by the Indus river system.