With the completion of Shahpurkandi dam, the notion of avenging Pulwama and Uri attacks by preventing water access to Pakistan will add more muscle to BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
He is wrong. We have a Ranjit sagar Dam upstream since 2000. New barrage will only help more regulation.
The first priority, and that will take both time and resources, is to make full use of the waters from three rivers assigned to India under the IWT.