PM Modi and several Union Ministers switched their social media display pictures to Operation Sindoor as India marked one year of the military response to Pahalgam.
Jammu and Kashmir’s Water Resources Minister Javed Ahmed Rana has said that the project was expected to be completed by the end of March.
The Minister visited three project sites in Kishtwar on Monday and directed officials to ensure the timely completion of the hydropower projects on the Chenab River, a key component of the Indus river system.
Pakistan has urged India to resume the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi put in abeyance in May following the Pahalgam terror attack.
India on Friday categorically rejected the ''supplemental award'' by what it called the “illegally constituted” Court of Arbitration, purportedly constituted under the Indus Waters Treaty 1960, concerning the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
Following the Pulwama attack, India had immediately revoked the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status accorded to Pakistan in 1996 and also hiked tariff on imports from Pakistan by 200 per cent.
"Both the countries agreed to undertake the Treaty-mandated tours of both the Indus Commissioners in the Indus basin on both sides," it said.
World Bank faltered on a solution to Indus Water Treaty as Pak voiced concerns over Kishenganga.
Both India and Pakistan are approaching Thursday’s meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) to discuss various issues under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) cautiously.
Indian and Pakistani officials will discuss here on Thursday and Friday the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC), established under the Indus…
