The Government has decided to stop the share of river waters which flow into Pakistan. In a series of tweets, Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari said, Government of India will divert water from Eastern rivers and supply it to the people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. He said, the construction of dam has started at Shahpur- Kandi on the Ravi.

The Minister said, the Ujh project will store India’s share of water for use in Jammu and Kashmir and the balance water will flow from second Ravi-Beas Link to provide water to other basin states. He said, all these projects have been declared as National projects.