New Delhi, July 25 -- The government has said that Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance until Islamabad abjures support for cross-border terrorism. Briefing media in New Delhi, spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal dismissed Pakistan media reports that India is deliberately causing flooding in the neighbouring country.

He added that the recent increase in flows in the River Chenab is a direct consequence of intense monsoon rainfall over Jammu and adjoining catchment areas during 20th to 23rd July. The spokesperson further stated that Pakistan's own Flood Forecasting Division, Lahore, attributed the high flood levels in the River Chenab to heavy rainfall over the upper catchment. He added that the rise in riv...