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| Pak again stirs Chenab waters | | | AGENCIES
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Pakistan government on Wednesday said it would seek compensation from India for a water shortage in its territory, which it alleged was due the "diversion" of waters of the river Chenab to fill the Baglihar dam in Jammu and Kashmir.
Water and Power Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said Pakistan would seek compensation from India in the form of additional discharge of water for the reduction of the flow of the Chenab from 55,000 cusecs to 22,000 cusecs.
Responding to a calling attention notice in the National Assembly or Lower House of Parliament, Ashraf said India could construct a run-of-the-river dam on its side but was also responsible for ensuring that water discharge on the Pakistani side remained at 55,000 cusecs.
President Asif Ali Zardari had recently said that the row over the sharing of the waters of the Chenab river could affect bilateral ties. He had also urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to deliver on an assurance to address Pakistan's concerns in this regard.
Pakistan has formally complained to India about the alleged diversion of river waters to fill the Baglihar dam, claiming this was a violation of the Indus Waters Treaty.
Ashraf said Pakistan had suffered a loss of 200,000 acre feet of water, which had also affected crops output. The government is alive to the situation arising out of the construction of the Baglihar dam and has taken it up at every level, he added.
The Prime Minister and President of Pakistan too have taken up the issue with Singh, he said. |
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