Indus Water Treaty: India allows Pak officials to inspect two hydropower projects after Lahore meeting
Indus Waters Treaty
Memorandums will be prepared and exchanged India and Pakistan officials in the next meeting to be held in New Delhi.
By
Anas Mallick
Indian officials have agreed to get two hydropower projects to be inspected by Pakistani experts after the second day of talks in the Indus Water Treaty in Lahore.
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India will allow 1,000MW Pakal Dul and 48MW Lower Karnal to be inspected by Pak officials in late September. During the visit to India, Pak experts are set to minutely examine the two projects in light of the provisions of Indus Water Treaty (IWT).
The meeting was India's first official engagement with Pakistan's new administration under PM Imran Khan.
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During the meeting, India asserted that it would be taking Pakistan concerns on the two projects seriously in the Chenab River. Both countries reiterated their stance in the talks at Lahore. The Indian delegation said it would look into Pakistan’s demand in the next meeting.
India and Pakistan delegations decided that they will prepare the technical memorandums based on their point of view and will put forward their possible solutions to the water sharing problem.
Memorandums will be prepared and exchanged India and Pakistan officials in the next meeting to be held in New Delhi.
India and Pakistan had signed the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960 after nine years of negotiations with the World Bank as co-signatory.
The Treaty sets out a mechanism for cooperation and information exchange between the two countries regarding their use of the rivers.
A dispute between the two countries arose after the World Bank said India was allowed to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. Pakistan opposed the construction leading to stalemate over the issue.