Fact Check: Video of Hirakud Dam in Odisha is viral with wrong claim by linking Indus Water Treaty

New Delhi (Vishwas News). After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Government has suspended the Indus Water Treaty. By adding this, a post is going viral on social media. In this, by sharing a video of a dam, it is being claimed that Pakistan started flowing due to the overflow of the stopped water dam. The user is sharing it by taunting the Government of India.

When Vishwas News investigated this, it was found that the viral video is from Hirakund Dam in Odisha. It has no relation with the Indus Water Treaty case.

Viral post

Insta user Sachin_ambani_0 gave the video on 27 April share (Archaeve link) Taking a dig at the Government of India while doing it. It is written on the video,

“Due to the lack of arrangements for India’s insulted dams in front of Pakistan, water started coming from the top of the dam.”

By the time the news was written, this reel had received about 36 lakh views.

Scrutiny

To examine the viral claim, we took out the video keframe and searched it with Google lens. Instagram user saini_top_models_mp31 On 11 April, he shared the viral video as ‘Hirakund Dam’.

The Life of Travel YouTube channel also shared this video on 4 January as Hirakund Dam.

This Channel But other videos related to this dam can also be seen.

Odisha TV on searching Google about this Website But this dam has been described as Hirakund Dam.

The screenshot of the dam seen in the picture and viral video uploaded in it is almost the same.

Video related to this dam can be seen on Subhayan Banik and Mithilesh Yadav YouTube channel.

Government of India Website But according to the information given, this dam has been built on Mahanadi in Sambalpur city of Odisha.

27 April 2025 appeared in News 18 Report According to, “After the Pahalgam attack, the Central Government has suspended the Indus Water Treaty. This treaty was signed between India and Pakistan in the mediation of the World Bank in 1960. It was decided to distribute the water of the Indus River and its tributaries. Eastern rivers Beas, Ravi and Sutlej water gave the water to India and western rivers India and Western rivers, Chinab, Chinab and Jhilm’s water Gaya. Under the Treaty, both countries were also allowed to have limited use of small hydroelectric projects on each other’s rivers, such as 80 percent of Pakistan’s agriculture. ”

Ministry of External Affairs Website But also the Indus Water Treaty done in 1960 can be read about the Indus Water Treaty.

Aaj Tak’s website appeared on 25 April Intelligence According to, “Waterpower Minister CR Patil has said that the decision taken under the Indus Water Treaty will be implemented in three phases, mid and long-term. Earlier, the Central Government had issued a formal notification to suspend the treaty and handed it to Pakistan. It was said that the treaty is being postponed, so that the treaty is being postponed, so that all the treaties including the Indus Commissioners, including the Sindhu Commissionerates, shared the streams and the new projects. The obligations have been effectively suspended. After this, India is free to build a dam on the river without permission or consultation. ”

In this regard, we sent a video in Sambalpur and contacted Dainik Jagran reporter Radhe Shyam. They say that This is a video of Hirakund Dam, which is made on Mahanadi. It has no relation with the Indus Water Treaty.

Those who make wrong claims by linking the video of Hirakund Dam in Odisha to the Indus Water Treaty User We scanned the profile of K. The user has posted some controversial posts against India.

After the Pahalgam attack, many fake and misleading posts have gone viral on social media. Vishwas News report here Read May go.

conclusion:

The Central Government has suspended the Indus Water Treaty after the Pahalgam attack. The video that is going viral by adding this is of Hirakund Dam in Sambalpur, Odisha, which has no relation with the Indus Water Treaty.

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