New Delhi:
"Blood and water cannot flow together," sources on Monday quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as saying at a meeting with top officials to assess the 50-year-old treaty with Pakistan days after the Uri attacks. Modi on Moday chaired a meeting to review the Indus Water treaty with Pakistan amidst heightened tension between the two countries.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, the Water Resources Secretary and senior PMO officials are present at the meeting.
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Here are the latest developments on the story:
1. Inter-ministerial task force for Indian rights, to be formed for western rivers under Indus water treaty: Sources on PM-Water ministry meet
2. India to use potential of 18000 megawatt of power from the western rivers under Indus water treaty: Sources on PM-Water ministry meet.
3. Construction on Tulbul navigation project to be reviewed by India again, work had been suspended on this in 2007.
4. Discussed in the meeting chaired by PM Modi on Indus water treaty: 'India to use fullest legal rights in the treaty', say sources.
5. India to expedite construction on 3 dams on River Chenab; Pakul Dul Dam, Sawalkot Dam and Bursar Dam.
