There was a question asked by millions of people across the world as India put the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance. How would it impact Pakistan because India doesn’t have the infrastructure in place to hold or divert the Indus River System water? The answer to that might have emerged within a fortnight of the suspension of the water-sharing treaty. Just the flushing and closure of two dams for recharging has triggered panic in Pakistan amid the kharif sowing season.
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on Monday closed all the gates at the Baglihar and Salal dams on the Chenab, a tributary of the River Indus, which is one of the “western rivers” primarily…