India, Feb. 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir water resources minister Javed Ahmed Rana has said the Shahpur Kandi dam on the UT's border with Punjab will be completed by March 31, and thus excess water from the Ravi river will stop flowing to Pakistan.

In the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 last year which left 25 tourists and a local guide dead, PM Narendra Modi had announced a slew of punitive measures against Islamabad that included suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960.

"Yes, excess water (from Ravi river) to Pakistan will be stopped. It has to be stopped," Rana responded to a pointed query by a TV channel. "Kathua and Samba districts are drought-hit areas; and this project, which is our priority, is being constructed...