No plans for talks with Pak on suspended Indus treaty: India

NEW DELHI:India has no plans to hold talks with Pakistani authori-ties on the Indus Waters Treaty, which will remain suspended, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday in the wake of a letter from the Pakistani side seek-ing a review of the matter.

And India will continue to take independent actions on the Indus rivers on its side based on profes-sional assessments of the coun-try's needs by its engineers and is unlikely to respond to Pakistan's offer for talks on the now-sus-pended water-sharing treaty, a third person said.

Holding the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance was among all of pames announced by the Cabinet Cam announced by the mittee on Security a day after the Pahalaan April 22 that killed 20 chillians. Even after India and Paksitan reached an milli understanding on sopping m tary artions to May 10 following four days of strikes and counter strikes, Indian officials made it clear the punithe mess remum in force.

After Debashree Mukherjer secretary in the Jal Shakti ministry, conveyed the decision on the Indus Water's Treaty to Pakistan's secretary for water nourers, Syed All Marta, in an official letter dmcached on April 24, the stani side santa response that lal position Murtzaa is under mood to have sad in the response that Paidetan considers India's decision to bold die uiry ance as untilateral and a violution of die groom of the part, which doesn't allow for the ext of a party to have The response to bellaved to have come in befom the launch of Operation Sindoor on May 7.

The Indian side has no plans to emper with Paltistan on the Indus Waters Treaty despite the receipt When They from the Pakistani wade and this status will contine Pakistan steps hacking cros Pakistan sepse people cited above said on anonymity "India's postion was clearly outtmed by the foreign secretary at the media briefing on April 23 when he said the Indus Waters Treaty will be held in abeyance Pakatan tredibly and invo cably abjures its support for cross border terrorion, one of the two people ened in the first instance said.

On May 5, India released winter to the Indus basun "outside the scope of treaty to maintain salety of Indian daus, a second official said Waters from the Bugihar anal Salal dams on the Chunab river in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir were relesed as per pro fessional assessments, a fourth At the time of independence in official said.