New Delhi: Pakistan has objected to the design of the Indian hydroelectric factory factory, the Mega 624 MW project over the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, but New Delhi stressed that this project was fully in accordance with Indus officials, according to officials.
Confirming this development, Indian Indian Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena told PTI that his Pakistani colleague Syed Muhammad Meher Ali Shah raised his objection last week.
However, Saxena stressed that the project design was fully in accordance with the provisions of the Indus Waters (IWT) agreement.
This has been certified by the Central Air Commission, a state peak organization in the field of water resources.
The Run-of-River project is implemented by Chenab Valley Power Projects Limited, a joint venture company from the National Nasaraga Company and the Lottery and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC).
“As a riparian edge of the responsible, India is committed to utilization of his rights and believes in the friendly resolution of the problem raised by the Pakistan in the letter and the spirit of the agreement.” Pakistan’s objections to this project can appear for discussion in the next meeting of the permanent Indus Commission scheduled this year in Pakistan.
In the coming meeting, India will explain its position and hope Pakistan will appreciate the same thing and its concerns will be handled through discussion, “said Saxena on Tuesday.
The agreement gave Pakistan the right to raise objections to Indian designs within three months.
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India has provided information about this project in June to Pakistan.
Under the IWT signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, all the waters of the East River – Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi – amounted to around 33 million acres of foot (MAF) Every year is allocated to India for unlimited use.
Western River Waters – Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab – Number of 135 MAFs every year has been assigned mostly to Pakistan.
According to the agreement, India has been given the right to produce hydroelectricity through Run projects -Of-The-River on the West River which depends on specific criteria for design and operation.
The agreement also gives Pakistan’s right to objection to the design of Indian hydroelectric projects in the West River.
India is permitted to build running river factories in western rivers with limited storage according to the criteria specified in the agreement, said Saxena.
Earlier this year, during a meeting between Indus Indus and Pakistan commissioners, Shah also made an objection to the design of DUP and Lower Kalnai Hydropower’s Lower Paka projects and Kashmir.
For this, India said the design was fully in accordance with the agreement.
Pakistan has also submitted an objection to PLTA projects in the cold (24 MW), Rongdo (12 MW) and Ratan NAG (10.5 MW) in Leh; While the Mangdum Sangra (19 MW), Cargil Hunderman (25 MW) and Tamasha (12 MW) were in Cargil.
India said the design of these projects was also fully in accordance with the agreement.