BIGGER INDUS PLAN

After taking quick short-term measures to utilise waters from the Indus river system, India has now moved to a bigger plan of inter-basin water transfers by initiating a feasibility study for constructing a 113 km-long canal for redirecting surplus flows from J&K to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. The Centre will also revive the Ujh multipurpose (hydropower, irrigation and drinking) project in J&K's Kathua, pending for many years.

The canal - linking Chenab with Ravi-Beas-Sutlej - will not only ensure full use of the eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas and Sutlej) but also help India use its entire allocated share in the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum and Chenab) under the Indus Waters Treaty, stopping additional flow to Pakistan.

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