Nitin Gadkari said that water from India also flows to Pakistan.
Ahmedabad:
Declaring that water from India from three of the six rivers of “Akhand Bharat” is flowing in Pakistan, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Sunday that the central government is trying to stop the outflow.
He said that Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh will get this water.
Speaking at the Gujarat BJP Nagpur, Maharashtra’s “ Jan Samvad ” virtual rally, he also said that India believed in peace and non-violence and did not want to be strong by becoming expansionist.
“There were six rivers in Akhand Bharat (passing through India and Pakistan. According to the division, the waters of three rivers were reserved for Pakistan, while the water of the other three rivers was to be used by India. Water from us also flowed into Pakistan, “said Gadkari.
He said the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh did not agree earlier on this issue.
“For the first time since 1970, I asked our (former J&K governor Satya Pal Malik and CM from Punjab Congress (Amarinder Singh) to sign a treaty. We are working to prevent water from flowing into the Pakistan: Now Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Himachal will get this water. Our government is showing the courage to make this decision, otherwise nothing has happened since 1970, “he said.
He said: “Seven of the nine projects (related to the division of river water) for which a consensus had escaped the states earlier were reached after the CMs of these states were united to resolve the problem”.
