Everyone was engaged in Israel-Hamas, Russia-Ukraine and here Modi government did a water strike in the neighborhood, India’s water will no longer go to Pakistan.

No bread no water, this is the story of Pakistan. This line suits the neighboring country perfectly. A dam on India’s Ravi river is ready. With this, the water of Ravi river supplied to Pakistan has stopped. This caused great uproar in Jinnah’s country. If water is not available then it will not take long for water war to start in Pakistan. Shahpur Dam on the border of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab is ready. Through which the water of Ravi river has been completely stopped from going to Pakistan. Ravi river originates from Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh. From here it flows towards Pakistan via Jammu Kashmir and Punjab. Then it joins Chenab before Multan. But now its water will not flow beyond Shahpur Kandi Dam.

Know about Shahpurkandi Dam

Shahpurkandi Dam is stuck for a long time. The idea of ​​building this dam can be traced back to the agreement signed in 1979 between the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, Parkash Singh Badal and Sheikh Abdullah respectively. According to a report in the Indian Express, the idea was to build the Ranjit Sagar (Thein) dam on the Ravi on the border of the two states. And to optimize water use, a second dam was to be built some distance away at Shahpur Kandi in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao laid the foundation stone of the project in 1995. However, due to disputes between Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, the project was suspended and put on hold. In 2018 the Center intervened, calling it a national project and the governments of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir signed an agreement under which the Shahpurkandi Dam would be completed in three years.

importance of dam

The dam is beneficial for the people of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Punjab. According to a spokesperson of the project, it will irrigate 32,000 hectares of agricultural land in Kandi areas along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in Samba and Kathua districts. With the operationalization of Shahpur Kandi Dam, Ranjit Sagar Dam will be able to operate to its full capacity without spilling water to Pakistan. There will be controlled release of water downstream of Shahpurkandi, which will enable better utilization of water in Madhopur Barrage. Jammu and Kashmir will get at least 1,150 cusecs of water that was earlier allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. Jammu and Kashmir will also get 20 percent of the hydropower generated from the dam.

what is indus water treaty

According to the Indus Water Treaty, New Delhi has exclusive rights over the waters of the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers, amounting to 33 million acre feet (MAF) annually. While Islamabad has control over 135 MAF of water of western rivers – Indus, Jhelum, Chenab. The treaty was signed in 1960 by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and then Pakistan President Ayub Khan, with the World Bank also a signatory.