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  • Posts Tagged ‘kishenganga’

    Row Over Kashmir's Kishenganga Not Over Yet

    Kishenganga

    NEW DELHI: Though the Court of Arbitration at The Hague has upheld Indian’s right under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty to divert waters from the Rs. 3,600-crore hydro-electric project in the Kishenganga, the battle is not yet over. In its ‘partial award’ delivered on Monday in the dispute between India and Pakistan over the 330 MW project, the Court ruled that India would have to maintain a minimum flow in the river, known as Neelum in Pakistan. The rate will be determined by the Court in its final award, which is...

    Posted 119 days ago.

    Kashmir river rifts threaten Indo-Pak 'water wars'

    Kishenganga

    KANZALWAN, July 23: As the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, labourers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the world's most militarised borders into Pakistan. The loud hum of excavators echoes through the pine-covered valley, clearing masses of soil and boulders. The 330-MW dam shows India's growing focus on hydropower but also highlights how water is a growing source of tension with downstream Pakistan, which...

    Posted 331 days ago.