India, Pakistan Court of Arbitration team visits 330MW Kishanganga hydropower project in IHK
SRINAGAR: A team of Court of Arbitration along with experts from India and Pakistan on Sunday visited the storage facility for 330 MW Kishanganga hydropower in Bandipora district of Indian held Kashmir (IHK) to look into objections raised by Islamabad.
The 29-member group surveyed the storage facility in Bandipora. The group includes 10-member Indian team led by Indus Water Commissioner G. Ranganathan. His Pakistani counterpart, Sheraz Jamil Memon, is heading a nine-member delegation.
On Saturday, the team had visited site of power project in Gurez sector near the Line of Control (LoC in disputed Kashmir).
Pakistan says the project violates the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 between the two countries.
The hydropower project is being built on the Kishanganga river, which flows into Pakistan.
Copyright PPI (Pakistan Press International), 2011
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