Keeping in mind a possible emergency situation, India has provided the details of the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the communication has been made entirely on humanitarian grounds.
India alerted Pakistan over the about a potential flood in the Tawi river.
The communication was made by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Sunday to the Pakistani Foreign Ministry on the matter. This is the first time that an information regarding such a matter has been sent via the High Commission.
Generally, such inputs are shared through the Indus Water Commissioner. However, no information was exchanged between the two countries under the Indus Water treaty as it remains in abeyance.
According to reports, Pakistan has issued warning on the basis of the information provided by India.
The Indus Water Treaty was kept in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that killed 26 people. Following the abeyance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that blood and water cannot flow together.
On May 7, India launched precision strikes on terror training camps inside Pak-occupied-Kashmir and Pakistan in retaliation to the terror attack.
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With inputs from PTI