Pakistan Says India Chokes River Flow as Tensions Rise

Pakistan alleged that India has almost entirely stopped the flow of water across the border through the Chenab river as fears of a clash between the two neighbors mount following a deadly attack in Kashmir.

Since Sunday morning, the water flow has been throttled by almost 90% of the usual volume that passes to Pakistan, according to Muhammad Khalid Idrees Rana, spokesman for Pakistan’s Indus River System Authority. The nation had anticipated water supplies to farms would be short by a fifth for the next two months even before this curtailment, he said.