India will stop flow of 'eastern' river waters to Pakistan, says Gadkari

India blames Pakistan for the attack by the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group on a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

India has decided to stop the flow of its share of water to Pakistan from rivers under the Indus Water Treaty, a move seen as an immediate fallout of deadly terrorist attack that killed 40 paramilitary personnel in south Kashmir.

Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted to convey the decision of the government to stop India's share of water going to Pakistan.

But the actual implementation of the decision may take up to six years as dams as high as 100 metres will have to be built to stop such flow, officials said insisting its decision was in no way a violation