ISLAMABAD Engineer Arshad H. Abbasi, a water specialist, stated on Monday that India’s planned development of the Ranbir canal would drastically reduce Pakistan’s water supply from the Chenab by around 20%.
Abbasi, a specialist in water, continued to participate in Track-II water diplomacy with India. This is equivalent to a loss of more than five million acre-feet (MAF) of water every year, which is worth an estimated $10 billion on the international market. The nation’s agricultural center, Punjab, would suffer a devastating blow as a result.
India is considering reducing Pakistan’s water supplies by expanding the Ranbir Canal on the River Chenab, according to a sobering and extremely concerning story published by Reuters on May 16.
