India releases water from there in Kashmir. Pakistan: Deepening of flood defeat

Pakistan authorities reacted negatively on Friday to the decision of India to drain the water from there on the Dzhelam River in the Kashmir part controlled by Delhi. As a result of the flood that has been undergoing since the beginning of the week in North Pakistan, over 1 million people were evacuated.

According to the Pakistani Office for natural disasters, the drain of water on the Dźhelam River in Indian cashmere in a few hours led to a significant increase in its level on the water gauge in Muzaffarabate.

The authorities in Islamabad accuse Delhi of insufficient information about the amounts of water drained from artificial dams on rivers that start running in India, and whose lower sections run through the territory of Pakistan. It is primarily rivers forming the so -called five -members, this is a pendjab, i.e. the tributes of the Indus: Bjas, Ćanab, Dzhelam, Rawi and Satledź.

The Reuters agency quotes the Pakistani planning minister Ahsan Iqbal, who said that the fight against the element would be easier if the authorities in Delhi did not suspend in April this year. Treaty on Waters from Indus. Delhi made this decision after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, for which Pakistani authorities are responsible.

“India did not provide Pakistan with water flow data, which they had previously divided by the treaty, neither quickly enough or detailed enough,” Iqbal told Reuters. – “We could do better if we had better information,” emphasized the Pakistani minister.

In addition, in several places in India, a violent water utilities led to its breakdown through the dam. This happened, among others, in Madhopur on Rawi. Consequently, the water broke into, among others, the next regions of the second largest city of Pakistan, Lahaur, which is located on Rawi.

In the Pakistani media there were voices about the deliberate action of the Indian authorities to flood Pakistan. India categorically denied these suggestions and informed that the Rawi dam was damaged. Reuters gave the statement of an anonymous representative of the authorities in Delhi, who assured that “India is doing everything in their power and all information is passed on.” – “Constant rain is the cause of this flood” – emphasized the anonymous Indian politician cited by Reuters.

Heavy monsoon rains, which from Monday persist over the northern regions of India and Pakistan, caused a violent utility of rivers starting their run in Hinduukusz and Karakorum. As a result, the flood in Pakistan has already consumed the lives of several dozen people, and the evacuation covered over a million people. It is estimated that the current flood is the most serious since the one from 2010, when the element consumed the lives of at least 2,000 people. (PAP)

PIU/ MMS/