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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU daily Excelsior Established 1965 Kishtwar killing part of a bigger game plan Founder Editor S.D. Rohmetra Brig Anil Gupta terrorism. They have only one always wanted to be in control of to wrest complete control of defences are based on a network considered many non-military purpose, driving out the Hindus the area North and West of water resources (including of canals. There will be no crops options as well to punish Pakistan he broad daylight cold from the areas already mentioned Chenab River and south of Pir- Chenab) which is not feasible and drinking water as well. Pak- including the option of control- blooded murder by jihadi to give a concrete shape to the Panjal which separates it from without formation of a Muslim istanis feel that such an act by ling the flow of river waters strict- Upgradation of MA Stadium Tterrorists of a devoted concept of Greater Kashmir, Kashmir. Greater Kashmir con- majority Greater Kashmir. 'Water India can cripple Pakistan mili- ly as per the Indus Water Treaty Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) which in itself is not the end but cept also includes Kargil district security' and not the well-being of tarily and economically. Howev- (IWT). "Blood and water cannot rime Minister's Development Package leader and his police guard in only a means to an end. of Ladakh region because of the Kashmiris is the ultimate aim of er, it is interesting to note that dur- flow together," warned PM Modi. (PMDP) for Jammu and Kashmir included Kishtwar town of Jammu cannot A Greater Kashmir which two important tributaries of Indus the Pak sponsored proxy war. The ing the 1965, 1971 wars, limited Pakistan's 70 percent of total the construction and up-gradation of be treated as a stray incident but Pakistan is relentlessly trying to River flowing through it. Pak- daily senseless killings of inno- wars of 1985 and 1999; India did water requirement is met through P it is part of a bigger game plan. In Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu at a cost of shape up on the territories of India istan calls Jammu and Kashmir cents by the Pak supported jihadi not shut off water as it very easi- water flowing from J&K and the last six months, it is the sec- lying in the Kashmir Valley and an "unfinished agenda? of parti- terrorists controlled through its ly could do. This probably made remainder 30 percent through Rs.42.17 crore with an aim to provide improved ond such incident in the area. Ear- large parts of the Jammu region tion and its jugular vein. Since proxies constituting Hurriyat Pakistan temporarily complacent underground water which is con- lier, two Bharatiya Janata Party is a shadow of the 1950 Dixon 1989 Pakistan has embraced leadership backed by Jamat-e- considering India to be a soft state tinuously depleting. If India suc- and better facilities to the sportspersons and it leaders, Parihar brothers, met a was expected that the deadline would be duly met Plan and the latest Musharraf Mao's dictum of "guerrilla war- Islami and soft approach of so- and not daring to take such a dras- cessfully implements the provi- similar fate in the month of Plan. It has been pursuing its goal fare" and low-intensity conflicts, called mainstream parties border- tic measure. This explains the rea- sions of IWT, Pakistan will not in respect of all works associated with its up-gra- November last year. This region, with single minded devotion and cross-border terrorism, infiltra- ing secession, is the huge price son why Pak sponsored terror only have a major agrarian crisis dation. However, National Projects Construction known as erstwhile Doda district, no setbacks have dissuaded it tion, cease fire violation etc to J&K is paying for the water pol- remained confined to Kashmir but will gradually turn into a was engulfed with terrorism in Corporation Limited which is a Government of from this pursuit. keep the pot boiling. itics of Pakistan. for quite some time and Pakistan desert. With the Modi Govern- the last decade of the twentieth Is it by chance or design that Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is Pakistan has not even spared kept the concept of Greater Kash- ment giving go ahead for con- India Enterprise has proved to be otherwise century and remained a hotbed till the Autonomy Report prepared strategically and geo-politically the people of occupied territories mir alive through its proxies in struction of additional dams and resulting in no new specific time-frame having the Indian army was successful in by the National Conference, with important to both India and Pak- from its dirty water politics. It Kashmir and track II diplomacy. barrages to prevent excess flow rolling the Pak-sponsored terror been fixed for completion of the project either by Dr Farooq Abdullah as its Chair- istan. But the real bone of con- declared a "water war" on the It is often being said in some of water into Pakistan, the latter north of PirPanjal confining it to has once again intensified the the executing agency or by the Jammu and Kashmir Valley in the first decade The killings of RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma and his PSO in Kishtwar is in proxy war by expanding the arc Kashmir State Sports Council. It was in March of the current century. The aim of into erstwhile Doda district. spreading terrorism in this area 2017 when the Union Minister for Youth Services keeping with a well thought out policy of using terror proxies as strategic assets Pakistan is also worried that was to scare away the Hindus and if Modi becomes the PM again and Sports had informed the Lok Sabha that ren- force them to leave so that these and using the "low cost, high yield" tactics which furthers the objective of the there is a possibility that water ovation and up-gradation of this stadium would be areas like Kashmir are also made may be used as a tool by the Modi monolith. Bharatiya Janata Party Pakistan Deep State. This is not at all a mere isolated case of terrorists hitting government to try to teach Pak- completed during financial year 2017-18. launched Doda Bachao (Save The details of renovations, repairs and up-gra- istan a lesson with non-military Doda) movement in 1993 to draw out randomly as it is likely to be seen by many among us. Make no mistakes means. Major General Asif dation of this stadium include extension of main nation's attention about targeted Ghafoor, Pakistan Military killing of Hindus and came to the that it is very much a part of the bigger game plan which Pakistan has drawn. Spokesman, has warned the pavilion, up-gradation as per Board of Control for rescue of Hindus and advised Cricket in India (BCCI) norms , up-gradation of nation that, "Any future war that them not to abandon their homes man and three members all Mus- tention between the two nations people of POJK by diverting quarters that the hostility between happens will be on the issue of seating area, installation of chairs, provision of as by doing so they would be con- lims, also promotes this sinister is the geo-economic importance waters of Neelum (a tributary of India and Pakistan can end if the water." public toilets, food plaza, flood lights for stadium, tributing to the enemy's design of concept of Greater Kashmir? of the region. J&K is the key to Jhelum) river. Through an elabo- latter is handed over the Muslim- The rise in terror activities altering the demography of the cricket ground with natural surface , practice pitch, While Dr Farooq Abdullah has "water vulnerability" of Pak- rate scheme that has changed the majority Kashmir Valley. This is apart from creating fear among region. The riots that were engi- not signed the report for reasons istan.Pakistan claims Kashmir to flow of the fresh water from the a fallacy because that leaves out the Hindu minority community proper drainage and other additional facilities. neered in this area in 2008 and best known to him, it has been be her lifeline. However, this life- mountains to Punjab province the Chenab which flows through and compelling them to migrate Once fully completed, the Stadium would be an 2013 were also aimed at the same. signed by Syed Mushtaq Bukhari line is incomplete without the and in the process drying up the the Jammu region and Pakistan will also put a halt to various However, due to the efforts of developmental activities includ- ideal one in accordance with the dire need to pro- from Surankot, Akbar Lone-a water of Chenab River.Pakistan's river in the middle of the mon- cannot afford to lose its water. leaders like Chanderkant Shar- rabid Pro-Pakistan MLA from total requirement of water is met soon season. The electricity gen- The Chenab is vital for Pakistan ing construction of dams and bar- mote sports in Jammu region. ma, the victim of the recent terror North Kashmir and then Finance by the Indus and its tributaries erated from Mangla Dam in and it wants to gain control over rages and hydroelectric projects by raising the cost for Indian It may be recalled that to go in for a massive attack and Anil Parihar, the vic- Minister Mohd Shafi. The report flowing through J&K. The then POJK is entirely used in Punjab this river also.India is building tim of earlier terror attack who security establishment.

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