“NOT A SINGLE DROP”
India’s Water Minister C.R. Patil said this year that the government would ensure that “not a single drop of water” will flow into Pakistan, which accused India of seeking to “weaponise” the precious resource.
Pakistan has previously said it would consider any attempt to change the flow of cross-border waterways as an “act of war”.
The court said in a statement that it had unanimously found that “none of the grounds” put forward by India to suspend the treaty were justified.
It said India’s construction of hydroelectric projects on the Indus and associated rivers had to conform to the 1960 treaty.
“In a unanimous decision, the…
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