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'Treaty may be scrapped if there is war with Pak.'

NEW DELHI MAY 30 . India may scrap the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan in the event of a war, the Minister of State for Water Resources, Bijoya Chakraborty, said today. ``If Pakistan resorts to a war with India, we will examine all options, even scrapping the treaty,'' Ms. Chakraborty told presspersons on the sidelines of an Assocham meeting. Though there was no immediate possibility of scrapping the treaty ``I do not know what will be the stand tomorrow,'' she said. ``Everything will depend on what Pakistan does— PTI

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