Recently Union Govt has announced projects to fully utilize its share of water under Indus water Tre...........

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Recently Union Govt. has announced projects to fully utilize its share of water under Indus water Treaty 1960, which of the following statements are correct in this regard?

1. Presently India is utilizing nearly 95 % of its share of water.

2. Water of River Satluj constitute major portion of underutilized water and flowing to Pakistan.

3. Govt. to fully utilize the water through project like Shahpurkandi project and Ujh multipurpose project.

Select the correct answer using the codes below:

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 Only

1 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

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Explanation:

India utilize nearly entire share (95 %) of waters of Eastern rivers. However, about 2 MAF of water annually from Ravi is reported to be still flowing unutilized to Pakistan below Madhopur.To stop the flow of these waters, the Centre is currently taking three steps - resumption of construction of Shahpurkandi project; construction of Ujh multipurpose project; and a second Ravi-Beas link below Ujh.