New Delhi: "What kind of agreement was it? In the last 7 decades, farmers have suffered unimaginable losses. The right to water belongs to India and to the farmers,"
he said. PM Modi had last month also hit out at Nehru's decision to sign the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, disclosing that the water-sharing pact signed by the first PM had a clause which required India not to carry out desilting of dams, with the gates of one of them welded to prevent any accidental opening up. "The country will be shocked to learn that these facts have been hidden and suppressed. Whenever a dam is built, there is a mechanism for cleaning it, for desilting, as silt and other debris reduce its capacity. Nehru agreed to a condition from Pakistan that the silt and debris accumulating in these dams could not be cleaned. Our dams, our water, but Pakistan's decision. There's even a dam where the desilting gate has been welded shut to prevent accidental opening. Pakistan had Nehru write that India would not clean the silt from its dams without Pakistan's consent. This agreement was against the country, and Nehru later admitted the mistake," Modi said in Lok Sabha Tuesday.
