Overview

• The Ministry of External Affairs issued a five-point statement on June 27 declaring the Court of Arbitration’s supplemental award illegal and void under the treaty.
• New Delhi maintains the Indus Waters Treaty has been in abeyance since the April 22 Pahalgam attack and will not resume obligations while Pakistan supports cross-border terrorism.
• India has formally requested a pause in arbitration proceedings over its Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects to take full control of its western river systems.
• The Jal Shakti Ministry is accelerating infrastructure to reroute waters originally designated for Pakistan to Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
• Pakistan has objected to India’s dam projects on the Jhelum and Chenab rivers and signalled plans to elevate the dispute in international forums.