India on Friday rejected allegations in Pakistani media reports claiming that New Delhi deliberately caused flooding in Pakistan through upstream intervention, calling the claims baseless, factually incorrect and technically untenable. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the rise in the Chenab River’s water flow was caused by heavy monsoon rainfall in Jammu and adjoining catchment areas.

Addressing a media briefing in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the increase in Chenab River flows between July 20 and 23 was a natural result of intense rainfall. He stated that attempts to link the flood situation in Pakistan with any deliberate action by India were contrary to facts and unsupported by technical evidence.

Jaiswal referred to Pakistan’s own Flood Forecasting Division advisory issued on July 22, which attributed the high water levels in the Chenab River to heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas. He said the advisory noted that high flows at Marala were expected to continue temporarily before gradually declining as rainfall reduced.

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The MEA spokesperson said portraying a weather-related flood event as an upstream intervention was inconsistent with Pakistan’s official flood assessments. He added that the river flows during the period were in line with prevailing monsoon conditions and did not reach levels that required special flood warnings. India also rejected claims that it had withheld flood-related information.

Jaiswal said India would continue to share high-flood data with Pakistan on humanitarian grounds whenever required, as it had done previously. He added that such information would be provided through established diplomatic channels to assist during situations involving potential flood risks.

During the briefing, Jaiswal also reiterated India’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty, stating that the agreement would remain in abeyance until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” ends its support for cross-border terrorism. The treaty, signed in 1960, governs the sharing and utilisation of waters from the Indus river system between India and Pakistan.

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