22.12.13

Kishanganga Dam snippets

The International Court of Arbitration has allowed India to go ahead with construction of the Kishanganga dam in Jammu & Kashmir, over which Pakistan has raised objections.
The court delivered its “final award” on Friday after India requested clarification of an order issued by it in February of this year.
In its “partial award” in February, the court upheld India’s main contention that it has the right to divert waters of western rivers, in a non consumptive manner, for optimal generation of power.
The western rivers are allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, which has faced much criticism in recent years.
The “final award” specifies that 9 cumecs of natural flow of water must be maintained in Kishenganga river at all times to maintain the environment downstream, said a statement from the Indian high commission here.
This is much lower than the 100 cumecs of natural flow that Pakistan wanted to maintain, it said. 

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