*LAHORE: India has again violated the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) byannouncing 540 MW Kwar hydro-electric project located on Chenab River. *
Pakistan’s water authorities have expressed reservations over the Indiandecision of the hydro-electric project over Chenab river, sources said.
Pakistan will write a letter over the contentious water project to India.Pakistan’s Indus Water Commission will seek the details of the project fromIndia, according to sources.
Under the Indus Water Treaty, India is bound to inform Pakistan, six monthsbefore initiating a new project over the western rivers including Chenab,Jhelum, and Indus, sources said.
Contentious project is located on Chenab river in Occupied Jammu andKashmir’s Kishtwar district.
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India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved investment forthe Kwar hydro-electric project.
Under the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan, the two countriesshare the waters of six rivers in the Indus basin. Pakistan has extensiverights over the western rivers – Chenab, Jhelum, and Indus under the riverwater treaty, while India has rights over three eastern rivers – Sutlej,Beas and Ravi.
