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Pak accuses India of suspending Indus treaty
Pakistan has accused India of virtual suspending the operational part of the Indus Basin Treaty by not responding to Islamabad`s concerns over the construction of the Baglihar power project on the river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan has accused India of virtual suspending the operational part of the Indus Basin Treaty by not responding to Islamabad's concerns over the construction of the Baglihar power project on the river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pak accuses India of suspending Indus treaty
PTI [ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2002 3:19:28 PM ] SLAMABAD: Pakistan has accused India of virtual suspending the operational part of the Indus Basin Treaty by not responding to Islamabad's concerns over the construction of the Baglihar power project on the river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.
"The Indian Commissioner of Indus Basin Treaty has severed all contacts with his Pakistani counterpart, placing the operational part of the treaty under virtual suspension," officials said.
"There are no contacts between the officials of the two countries since last December," the Dawn daily quoted them as saying adding a visit by Pakistani engineers to Baglihar was also called off by India following tensions. Pakistan's accusations were in response to India's alleged lack of response to its demand that its engineers be allowed to inspect the project to ensure that water was not diverted for irrigation.
An annual meeting of the officials of the two countries to review the operational aspects of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty was held in Lahore last May during which Baglihar project came up for discussion. An understanding was reached between the two sides in May last to continue talks on the design of the proposed Baglihar plant.
But New Delhi informed Islamabad on December 24 that the proposed visit by Pakistani officials to the project had been cancelled, they said adding there had been no contacts from India on the issue since.
Bureau Report
PTI [ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2002 3:19:28 PM ] SLAMABAD: Pakistan has accused India of virtual suspending the operational part of the Indus Basin Treaty by not responding to Islamabad's concerns over the construction of the Baglihar power project on the river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.
"The Indian Commissioner of Indus Basin Treaty has severed all contacts with his Pakistani counterpart, placing the operational part of the treaty under virtual suspension," officials said.
"There are no contacts between the officials of the two countries since last December," the Dawn daily quoted them as saying adding a visit by Pakistani engineers to Baglihar was also called off by India following tensions. Pakistan's accusations were in response to India's alleged lack of response to its demand that its engineers be allowed to inspect the project to ensure that water was not diverted for irrigation.
An annual meeting of the officials of the two countries to review the operational aspects of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty was held in Lahore last May during which Baglihar project came up for discussion. An understanding was reached between the two sides in May last to continue talks on the design of the proposed Baglihar plant.
But New Delhi informed Islamabad on December 24 that the proposed visit by Pakistani officials to the project had been cancelled, they said adding there had been no contacts from India on the issue since.
Bureau Report