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00:00In this rural district of Punjab, farmers are worried.
00:05Awais Kondal owns more than 100 acres of wheat and sugarcane fields
00:09that are irrigated by the canals fed by the Jehlam River, a tributary of River Indus.
00:19The water flow is very low. By this evening we have to irrigate this field and the one next to it.
00:27Awais Kondal's land is threatened.
00:30The water of Duryalum and Chenab rivers, which irrigate this region, comes from India.
00:37The river water is rich in minerals, which makes the land more fertile.
00:42If it stops, the crop yields will decrease and the land will eventually become barren.
00:4865% of Pakistan's 240 million population relies on agriculture and employments linked to these waters.
00:55The country's water resources are already stressed due to climate change.
01:00Since the past four years, this fisherman is struggling to make ends meet.
01:04Before, this entire area was covered in water and we made a decent living.
01:11But with the water level dropping, it's become very difficult to catch enough fish to earn a living.
01:17The other danger would be if India suddenly opened the floodgates.
01:21That would destroy us. All the land, the fields, our homes, everything would be washed away.
01:25The Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960, is essential for water management between the two countries.
01:34With its suspension, there is no plan B for Pakistan.
01:37There is no other source if India chooses to curtail this water.
01:42So the individual lives will be affected and the collective food security issue for the province, for the districts, for the villages and for the country as a whole could be affected severely.
01:54Even though India cannot stop water flows immediately, experts believe that it will erode the reliability of a water system that millions depend on every single day.
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