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| World Bank expert clears Baglihar power project | | | | NEW DELHI, FEB 12
A World Bank-appointed neutral expert today cleared the Baglihar Power Project over river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir but asked India to reduce the height of the dam by one and half metre, one of the objections raised by Pakistan.
Raymond Lafitte, in his final report handed over to Indian and Pakistani diplomats in Bern, Switzerland, overruled other technical objections of Pakistan on the dam.
The dam's height was originally proposed to be 144.5 metre.
Radhika Lokesh, charge de affairs of the Indian embassy in Switzerland received the report on behalf of the government and forwarded it to New Delhi.
Further details are awaited.
Both countries were awaiting the decision keenly as it has been nagging their ties for over two decades.
Pakistan had in 2005 sought intervention of the World Bank, which is the third party to the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, alleging that construction of the project violated the accord.
India has rejected the charge.
According to the provisions of the treaty, the neutral expert's decision on all matters will be final and binding.
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