A recent report by Pakistan’s Indus River System Authority (IRSA) reveals a 13.3% year-on-year shortfall in water released from the Indus basin, intensifying the already dire situation for farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab province. This comes in the wake of India suspending the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives. According to the report, 124,500 cusecs of water were released to dams on June 5, compared to 144,000 cusecs during the same period last year.
India’s suspension of Indus Waters Treaty triggers water crisis in Pakistan amid growing heatwave
