India Halts Flow Of Ravi River To Pakistan, 32000 hectare J&K land to be irrigated

The Shahpur Kandi Barrage, a major irrigation and hydroelectric project on the Ravi River bordering Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, has finally neared completion after facing hurdles for three decades. This marks a significant development as it diverts 1150 cusecs of water previously flowing to Pakistan towards irrigating over 32,000 hectares of land in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua and Samba districts.

The project, initiated by then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao in 1995, encountered numerous delays due to disputes between the J&K and Punjab governments. However, with the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh in 2018, the project was revived after a four-and-a-half-year suspension.

This multi-purpose project, estimated to cost Rs. 3300 crore, offers multiple benefits:

• Irrigation: 1150 cusecs of water will irrigate lands in J&K, while Punjab will receive over 5000 cusecs.
• Hydropower: The project will generate 206 MW of electricity, primarily benefiting Punjab.
• Tourism: The site is expected to attract tourists.

Dr. Singh criticized previous J&K governments for stalling the project due to political reasons, despite its potential to benefit the Jammu region. He credited Prime Minister Modi’s intervention and the project’s designation as national under Governor’s Rule for its expeditious completion.

This development marks a significant milestone in utilizing the Ravi River’s water resources for both irrigation and power generation, while also addressing concerns about equitable water distribution between states.

 

[shivkumar sinha]

In a time bound manner , infrastructure must be developed to utilise 100% of 3 eastern rivers as envisaged in IWT . This will result in complete stoppage of our water in these three rivers flowing to pakistan.

 

[Pink Panther]

Good, as Ravi, sutlej and Bias should be diverted as well, not one drop of water should go from these 3 Rivers into Pakistan, we have 100% ownership of these 3 Rivers according to Indus River Treaty.

 

[NSR]

That is really wonderful news of the day.
India must use every drop of Indus water system allocated to it or needed by it and not in the IWT.
Finally, this government is moving to actions.

 

[desigandu]

India should dam all rivers, use and control any water into Pakistan...We must use water to choke pakistan and also flood it as needed...Throw away the stupid and one sided water sharing treaty...Yes, might has always been right (just polished now, ask China), don't like it - well should Bharat care.

 

[Shafted mohammed]

Why only Ravi , all the five rivers must get water in India. Stop from all 5 rivers.

 

[desigandu]

We just don't want the stench coming our way..

 

[War is good for business]

India should dam all rivers, use and control any water into Pakistan...We must use water to choke pakistan and also flood it as needed...Throw away the stupid and one sided water sharing treaty...Yes, might has always been right (just polished now, ask China), don't like it - well should Bharat care.

Absolutely the Chinese will do the same to us in the East with the Brahmaputra river and so we should hurt their proxy

 

[beencensured]

Absolutely the Chinese will do the same to us in the East with the Brahmaputra river and so we should hurt their proxy

They already done so, Do not worry we have plenty of resources.

 

[beencensured]

We can then irrigate the Rajasthan/Gujrat deserts.

 

[desigandu]

Absolutely the Chinese will do the same to us in the East with the Brahmaputra river and so we should hurt their proxy

f the chinese - they are Bharats #1 enemy.

 

[desigandu]

Like the pakis say - take out all the vitamins & minerals and send sewage downstream…

 

[BCharlie]

We must divert all what is ours per the IWT treaty.. We were letting extra water flow downstream into Pakistan.. As per IWT terms, India gets 80% of the total water flow of Ravi-Sutlej, Beas rivers & Pakistan gets 20% share.. and .. India gets 20% of the water of Chenab & Jhelum rivers & Pakistan gets 80% water flow. We have been taking less than 80% water from 3 rivers, which we need to ensure we get all our share per IWT.

 

[Sandeep]

Excellent as we should cut off any water flowing to their territory altogether. This will allow us a larger amount of water that can be used for many purposes. Hopefully we should be allowed to increase the height of the dam so that we can store more water and increase output even more.