PM Narendra Modi said, "Earlier, even the water that was India's right was flowing out of the country. Now, India's water will flow for India's benefit, it will be conserved for India's benefit, and it will be used for India's progress".
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that the decision to put a freeze on the Indus water treaty that stopped the supply to Pakistan, will not be reversed, saying "India's water will be used for India's interests".
Speaking at an ABP Network event this evening, PM Modi said, "These days, there is a lot of discussion in the media about water... Earlier, even the water that was India's right was flowing out of the country. Now, India's water will flow for India's benefit, it will be conserved for India's benefit, and it will be used for India's progress".
The plug on Indus water treaty is one of the several diplomatic measures taken against Pakistan following the devastating terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, in which 26 people - 25 tourists and a local - were killed.
It is also one calculated as the most impactful, given the neighbouring country's dependence on the Indus water. So far, India had been taking just a fraction of the water it is entitled to under the 1961 treaty, which had survived multiple stand-offs with Islamabad and a war.
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