It was Omar who as chief minister in 2102 had decided to engage a consultant to assess the losses suffered by the state on account of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India with Pakistan.
Amid ticking water bomb, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah maintained that the 1960 Indus Water Treaty would survive despite the war cry.
"Will stick my neck out & say that nothing will happen to the Indus Water Treaty. It survived 4 wars & a J&K assembly unanimous resolution", Omar tweeted.
Omar noted that the Jammu and Kashmir has suffered but the government is not going to scrap the treaty. "It was an abomination & should never have gone through. J&K has suffered long on its account but this government isn't going to scrap it", he said.
It was Omar who as chief minister in 2102 had decided to engage a consultant to assess the losses suffered by the state on account of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India with Pakistan.
The consultant was to prepare the report about the exact quantum of losses suffered by J&K since 1960 which would be then submitted to the centre seeking compensation for the state.
Under the 1960 Treaty, India has forfeited the claim to use and store the waters of three rivers- Jhelum, Chenab and Indus --flowing from Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan in exchange of three rivers - Satluj, Beas and Ravi.
The treaty prevents the storage of the water of Jhelum, Chenab and Indus rivers otherwise owned by the state Mainstream political parties cutting across the party lines have been calling the IWT discriminatory to Jammu and Kashmir.and demanding compensation for the losses since the state cannot store and use its own waters because it would be treated as violation of the treaty by Pakistan.
"I was the first to move a resolution in the Legislative Assembly seeking compensation for the losses suffered due to the IWT. I did not want scarpping IWT but I wanted two things -- adequate compensation for the losses and participatory status in the Northern Grid for Jammu and Kashmir", Mohommad Yousuf Tarigami, state secretary of CPIM and MLA of Kulgam, told dna.
Taj Mohidin, former J&K Minister for Irrigation and Public Health Engineering, said calls for scrapping the IWT is "absurd" given the complexities of the international treaties.
"The international treaties between two sovereign countries cannot be scrapped. What can we do to these rivers? If we stop the water then Kashmir will become Satisar. We do not have dams. If we will divert the water to Wullar, it will get filled in eight days. Chenab is the only river which can be divert. If we divert its water, it will cost us Rs one lakh crore and take 20 years", he told dna.
Pakistan had objected to 450 megawatt Baghilar power project on Chenab river which went to World bank arbitration. World back later appointed Raymond Lafatte as arbitrator to resolve the differences.
Lafatte cleared the project after recommending some minor adjustments to address the Pakistan's concern. Pakistan later objected to 330 megawatt Kishanganga power project in Gurez area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir calling it violation of the IWT.
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