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Pradeep Kumar

24/03/21 14:55 PM IST

Indus water talks

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The Indus Commissioners of India and Pakistan met for the first time in over two years.

Discussion
  • India is building the 1,000 MW Pakal Dul Hydro Electric Project on river Marusudar, a tributary of the Chenab. The project is located in Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir.
  • The second project, Lower Kalnai, is being developed on the Chenab river.
  • “The Pakistan side expressed its concern regarding these projects. Both sides stated their position on the issue.
  • This year’s meeting will be the first between the two commissioners after the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K.
  • India has since cleared several hydropower projects for the region.
Previous meetings
  • The annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission, being held in the backdrop of last month’s LoC ceasefire, was last held in Lahore, Pakistan, from August 29-30, 2018.
  • Since then, relations between the two neighbours have witnessed a series of setbacks — Pulwama attack (February 14, 2019), Balakot air strike (February 26, 2019) and the abrogation of the special status to J&K.
  • At the last meeting too, the Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai projects had come up for discussion. 
  • Discussions on these projects have been going on since 2013.
  • Under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, the Commission is to meet “regularly at least once a year, alternately in India and Pakistan”.
Source: The Hindu

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