Jammu, September 25: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh Saturday said the state will fully support whatever decision is taken by the Union government on the 1960 agreement.
“The treaty has caused huge loss to Jammu and Kashmir” as the people of the state cannot fully utilise the waters of various rivers, particularly Chenab in Jammu, for agricultural and other activities, Singh, who is in the cityof Kozhikode to attend the BJP National Council, said.
“The state government will support whatever decision is taken by the central government on Indus Waters Treaty,” he said.
The people of Jammu and Kashmir were already raising the issue of loss to the state on account of Indus Waters Treaty. If the central government takes any decision in this regard, the state government will definitely support it, he said.
“We will support any move which will benefit the people of the state and any step that puts Pakistan under pressure,” Singh said.
India had earlier this week made it clear that “mutual trust and cooperation” was important for such a treaty to work. The assertion came amid calls that the government should scrap the water distribution pact to mount pressure on Pakistan in the aftermath of the Uri terror attack.
“It cannot be a one-sided affair,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup had said when asked if the government will rethink on the Indus Waters Treaty given the growing strain between the two countries.
Singh also hit out at Pakistan for its “failure” to honour its agreements with India, particularly the Simla Agreement signed in 1972.
