World Bank : India can construct Kishanganga,
Ratle Hydro Power Plants...
India is allowed to construct
hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers
with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the World Bank has comment.
Pakistan opposes the construction of
the Kishanganga (330 megawatts) and Ratle (850 megawatts) hydroelectric power
plants being built by India in Jammu and Kashmir
"Among other uses, India is
permitted to construct hydroelectric power facilities on these rivers subject
to constraints specified in annexures to the treaty," the Bank said in its
fact sheet
India had asked for the appointment
of a neutral expert to look into the issues, contending the concerns Pakistan
raised were "technical" ones.
The IWT was signed in 1960 after nine
years of negotiations between India and Pakistan with the help of the World
Bank, which is also a signatory.
The talks between the two nations
over the treaty come amid tensions between them after a number of terror attacks
in India by Pakistan-based terror groups.
What is IWT ( Indus
Waters Treaty ) ???
The Indus Waters Treaty or सिंधु जल - संधि is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan,
brokered by the World Bank (then the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development).
The treaty was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960 by Prime
Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Ayub
Khan.
According to this agreement, control
over the three "eastern" rivers — the Beas, the Ravi and
the Sutlej — was given to India, while control over the three "western"
rivers — the Indus, the Chenab and the Jhelum — to
Pakistan.
More controversial, however, were the provisions on how the waters were to
be shared. Since Pakistan's rivers flow through India first, the treaty allowed
India to use them for irrigation, transport and power generation, while
laying down precise regulations for Indian building projects along the way. The
treaty was a result of Pakistani fear that, since the source rivers of the
Indus basin were in India, it could potentially create droughts and famines in
Pakistan, especially at times of war.
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