NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an outrageous statement, said that water which belongs to India cannot be allowed into Pakistan.
He was addressing the farmers in Indian Punjab on Friday. “The fields of our farmers must have adequate water. Water that belongs to India cannot be allowed to go to Pakistan…government will do everything to give enough water to our farmers,” he added, according to a leading Indian daily.
The two countries signed the Indus Water Treaty in 1960 which governed how water would be distributed between the two countries. According to the treaty, India controls the Bias, Ravi and Sutlej rivers, while Indus, Chenab and Jhelum rivers are controlled by Pakistan.
Modi also asked farmers to stop burning crops which are thought to be responsible for smog in Indian and Pakistan.
