Pakistan objects on design of Kishanganga project on Jhelum river
Islamabad: Pakistan has raised the objections on design of Kishanganga Hydel-Power project on Jhelum river, saying that there are at present two cases impending on Indian under the Indus-Basin Treaty.
According to Kashmir Media Service, a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Water Resources held in Parliament House on Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Khalid Magsi wherein the Secretary of the Water Resources ministry briefed the participants that Pakistan has raised objections to the design of the Kishanganga hydroelectric power plant.
“India says the design is correct,” the Water Resources ministry secretary said. “There are currently two cases going on with India on the Indus Basin Agreement,” he added.
The ministry’s secretary said India has initiated a case against Pakistan but Pakistan insisted it was a matter of judicial jurisdiction.
He briefed the participants regarding the Pakistan’s case, saying that the case was pending in The Hague wherein India became an ex-party to the case.
Regarding the overall situation on the Kishanganga project, it is worthy to be mentioned here that the said hydroelectric plant is located on the Kishanganga River, which is a tributary of the Jhelum and is known as the River Neelum in Pakistan – only meters away from the Line of Control (LOC). Pakistan argued that the Kishanganga project violates both conditions by changing the course of the river and depleting the water level.
