Ranbir Canal Expansion
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India’s Underhanded Tactic Backfires: New Indus River Project Targeting Pakistan’s Water Supply Draws Global Online Ridicule
India is advancing infrastructure projects to increase water extraction from the Indus River system, including a $450 million expansion of the Ranbir Canal, which channels Chenab waters toward Pakistan. The move—following its April suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty—aims to double India’s capacity to 150 cubic meters per second, potentially threatening Pakistan’s $25 billion agriculture sector reliant on treaty-protected supplies. Six Indian government sources confirm PM Modi’s directive to prioritize development on the Chenab, Jhelum, and Indus rivers.
