JAMMU, June 20: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah strongly opposed giving Punjab water access through Jammu and Kashmir.
On the 113 km-long canal proposed for redirecting surplus water from three western rivers of the Indus system in Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, Abdullah said, “I will never permit this. Let us use our water for ourselves first… There is a drought-like situation in Jammu. Why should I send water to Punjab? Punjab already had water under the Indus Water Treaty. Did they give us water when we needed it?…”.
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