Omar Abdullah's call to revive the project on Thursday was seen as provocative by Mehbooba Mufti, especially after both countries had stepped back from the brink of war in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack, abeyance of Inus Water Treaty and Operation Sindoor.
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said that the interests of India will not be "toyed" with regards to the Indus water treaty, adding that every drop of India's share will stay within the country.
The Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960, governs the sharing of waters between India and Pakistan. India's decision to keep the treaty in abeyance reflects the strained relations between the two countries.
There is no pre or post-condition to the understanding concerning military action between India and Pakistan reached on Saturday and the Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance, MEA sources said.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed that the Indus Waters Treaty is in abeyance and emphasised that India has responded to recent developments in a "responsible and just way."
Making a veiled reference to India putting the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that water on which India had a right was earlier going out but now it will come to use in the country.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Udhampur West constituency Pawan Kumar Gupta said that the sacrifice of the victims in the Pahalgam terror attack will not go in vain, and Pakistan will face adverse effects of the Indus Water Treaty which has been put to abeyance.
A week after the Indus Water Treaty went into abeyance, India on Monday virtually stopped water discharges from the Chenab River into Pakistan without prior notice, reducing flows in the river manifold, Dawn reported.
The move comes as India takes multiple diplomatic steps against Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam attack. India has also held the Indus Water treaty in abeyance. Chenab is also part of the treaty. The Indus river system consists of Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, whose usage rights
The water shortage is a likely fallout of India's decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance following the Pahalgam attack, which was attributed to Pakistan's support for cross-border terrorism.
A day after India announced a series of measures against Pakistan in the wake of Pahalgam terror attack, a senior official the Ministry of Jal Shakti wrote to his Pakistan counterpart conveying that the Indian government has decided that "the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 will be held in abeya