Paatil emphasised that immediate steps are being prioritised, including the desilting of rivers among others.
Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Paatil revealed that the Indian government has formulated a roadmap in order to prevent the flow of Indus river water to Pakistan. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has chaired a meeting to discuss the steps to go about future course of action on the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 with Pakistan, which has been kept in abeyance.
Besides Paatil, senior officials of several ministries attended the meeting, as per reports and it is said that the government is working on a long-term plan to ensure the effective implementation of its decisions.
India informed Pakistan of its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance with immediate effect on April 23, saying Pakistan has breached its conditions after 26 people, mostly tourists were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.
Pakistan, who denied any role in the terror attack, blocked its airspace for Indian airlines, closed the Wagah border crossing, suspended all trade with India in response, and said any attempt to divert water meant for Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty will be considered an 'Act of War'.
Paatil told PTI that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued a slew of directives, and the meeting was held to follow up on them and Shah made several suggestions at the meeting for their effective implementation.
"We will ensure that not a single drop of water flows into Pakistan from India," he said.
Paatil later posted on X, "The Modi government's historic decision on the Indus Waters Treaty is lawful and in national interest. We will ensure that not a single drop of Indus water flows into Pakistan." Sources said the government is working on a long-term plan to ensure the effective implementation of its decisions.
Paatil emphasised that immediate steps are being prioritised, including the desilting of rivers among others.
Paatil told ANI, "A roadmap was prepared in the meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Three options were discussed in the meeting. The government is working on short-term, medium-term, and long-term measures so that not even a drop of water goes to Pakistan. Soon, desilting of rivers will be done to stop the water and divert it."
Paatil said India has sent a strong message to Pakistan that it will not tolerate terrorism at all.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan that has been put in abeyance by the Centre in the wake of the Pahalgam attack was the "most unfair document" to the people of the Union territory and they have never been in favour of it.
"Government of India has taken some steps. As far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, let's be honest we have never been in favour of the Indus Water Treaty," Abdullah told reporters in srinagar after a meeting with various tourism, trade and industry bodies.
When asked about the Centre's decision on IWT, Abdullah said Jammu and Kashmir has always believed that the IWT has been the "most unfair document to its people".
"Now what the medium to long-term implications to this are, that is something we have to wait to see," he added.