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| Indus Water Treaty: Pak delegation visit 1000 MW Pakal-Dool HEP, 2nd time in last 5 years | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 30: A three member Pakistani delegation on Indus Water Treaty led by Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah, Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters inspected the 1000 MW under construction Pakal-Dool Hydro Electricity project in Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday, along with the Indian counterparts while the team today visited 850 MW Ratle Power Project at Drabshalla and 48 MW Lower Kalnie in Bunjwah area of Kishtwar District.
The Indo-Pak Indus Water Treaty Delegation is on a three-day visit to Kishtwar for inspection of the Chenab river basin. The delegation arrived in Kishtwar on Monday evening along with Indian team and both the teams will return to New Delhi on January 31 after completing the inspection. The Indian delegation was led by Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters, Pradeep Kumar Saxena and it also comprised of A K Aggarwal, Rajveer Singh, Yoki Vijay, and Ajay Gupta. Apart from the Pakistan Commissioner, the Pak delegation comprised Usman E Ghani, adviser and joint commissioner and Tahir Mehmood Hayat, adviser.
The officials at Kishtwar told Early Times that the joint delegation inspected the dam site of 1,000 MW Pakal-Dool project at Dang Doru yesterday and today inspected Lower Kalnai, Rattle, and Baglihar Hydro Electric Projects. Under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), water flowing in three Indus tributaries - the Sutlej, the Beas, and the Ravi - has been allotted to India, while the Chenab, the Jhelum, and the Indus waters have been allotted to Pakistan. En-route the project site, the members of the delegation also checked the discharge of Chenab River at Zero point situated at Bhanderkot village some 12 KM from Kishtwar. Bhanderkot is the Zero point from where Indus Water Treaty agreement started between the two countries.
1000 MW Pakal-Dool Power Project to be constructed in a joint venture with NHPC is located beyond Zero point and did not fall within the ambit of the treaty, however the authorities allow the inspection. The Pakistani delegation after returning back will submit the report to their respective governments in shortest possible time. Even though the visit of the Pak delegation raised eyebrows, particularly with regard to allowing them to visit and inspect project sites of Pakal-Dool and 48 MW lower Kalni as both projects did not fall within the ambit of controversial Indus Water Treaty based on water sharing agreement between the India and Pakistan signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Ayoob Khan.
It is pertinent to mention that due to Indus Water Treaty, the state of Jammu and Kashmir suffered heavy losses to the tune of over Rs. 50000 Cr annually and thus take heavy toll on state economy which makes the state dependent of central financial assistance every year.
It is further mentioned in a major boost for the power sectors in state of Jammu and Kashmir, the three member Pakistani delegation that visited Kishtwar for inspection and on spot assignment of power projects proposed or under construction in the District during his last visit on 25-5-2014 reportedly showed their satisfaction with designs of 850 MW Rattle Power Project, presently abandoned after Hadyerabad based developer GVK limited left the project mid way. The project is under construction on river Chenab in Drabshala village of the District. |
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