Diplomats reopened talks on a river-water schedule after a dry October left the downstream canals short for the second sowing. Neither side tabled a number on the first day. They agreed that engineers will read the same gauge for a fortnight before a quota is drafted.
Farm unions on the downstream side have been parking tractors at the canal head. Local officials asked them to leave the gates clear so gauge readers can pass at dawn, which is when the agreed measurement is taken.
What happens next
The upstream state says its own reservoirs are below the ten-year line and that a fixed release would empty the drinking-water reserve before summer. The downstream note says drinking water was never the disputed slice, and that the shortfall is in the irrigation quota already signed.
A technical team crosses the bridge tomorrow with a shared logbook. The political meeting resumes only after that log has fourteen matching entries.
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