India Takes First Step Towards Indus Water Treaty Withdrawal

[Prashant12]

330 MW Kishan Ganga project to be ready by April

Sources informed that in order to clear decks for the commissioning of the project, union secretary power, A. K Bhalla inspected the progress of the work on its various components on March 10.


Finally after a wait of 9 years, 330 MW Kishan Ganga hydroelectric project in Bandipora district is set to be commissioned by April with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to inaugurate it, an official informed.

“The work on all the components of the project has been completed and two machines are undergoing final tests while the third machine is in advance stage of erection. The project is expected to be commissioned by April 2018,” said a senior executive of NHPC.


He said that Prime Minister Office has been monitoring the progress of the project. “And it is likely that PM will inaugurate the project in the next month.”

Sources informed that in order to clear decks for the commissioning of the project, union secretary power, A. K Bhalla inspected the progress of the work on its various components on March 10.

“He commended the team for its hard work and dedication in constructing the project in such a difficult condition and hoped that the project will start commercial operation soon,” officials add.


The project envisages diversion of water of Kishan Ganga river to underground power house through 23.25 km long head race tunnel to generate 1713 million units per annum.

The project was supposed to be commissioned in September2017. On its failure to meet the deadline, the executing agency was asked to complete and commission it by December 2017 end. However, it failed to meet the December deadline too. The work on the project was started in 2009.

The project is a run-of-the-river project located on a tributary of river Jhelum in the northern district of Bandipora. The project is being executed by the public sector National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) at a cost of Rs 5,783.17 crore.

The project has been designed to divert water from the Kishan Ganga river through a 24-kilometre-long tunnel for generating electricity and then send the water back to the Kishan Ganga.

Interestingly, Pakistan is building the 969 MW Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project downstream which, Islamabad contends, will be affected by the Kishan Ganga project.

Pertinently, the construction on the dam of the project was temporarily halted by Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in October 2011 on Pakistan's protest alleging that it would affect the flow of the Kishan Ganga river, known as Neelum River in Pakistan.

In February 2013, the Court at The Hague ruled that India could divert a minimum amount of water for power generation.

In August 2017, India was permitted to construct the Kishan Ganga and Ratle Dam projects by the World Bank after Pakistan complained that the construction of these dams was not permitted under the Indus Water Treaty.

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/...anga-project-to-be-ready-by-april/278749.html

 

[indiatester]

330 MW Kishan Ganga project to be ready by April
“He commended the team for its hard work and dedication in constructing the project in such a difficult condition and hoped that the project will start commercial operation soon,” officials add.


The project envisages diversion of water of Kishan Ganga river to underground power house through 23.25 km long head race tunnel to generate 1713 million units per annum.

The project was supposed to be commissioned in September2017. On its failure to meet the deadline, the executing agency was asked to complete and commission it by December 2017 end. However, it failed to meet the December deadline too. The work on the project was started in 2009.

Interesting that the commissioning deadline was missed two times without substantial explanation. Leads me to speculate that they did additional work which may help in making this more than a run of the river project.

 

[Prashant12]

Bhel commissions 1st unit of Kishanganga hydro project in J&K


State-run power equipment maker Bhel today said it has commissioned first unit of 110 MW of the Kishanganga hydro-electric project(HEP) of NHPC in Jammu and Kashmir.

Located on the river Kishanganga, a tributary of the Jhelum in Bandipora district, all the three units of the 340 MW project will generate 1,350 million units (MU) of clean electricity annually, a Bhel statement said.

The other two units are also in advanced stages of commissioning.

Bhel was entrusted with execution of the Electro-Mechanical (E&M) package for the project comprising design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of Vertical Shaft Pelton Turbines and matching synchronous Generators, Controls & Monitoring (SCADA) System along with electrical and mechanical auxiliaries.

The equipment was supplied from Bhel's manufacturing units at Bhopal, Jhansi, Rudrapur and Bengaluru while the execution of works on site was carried out by the company's Power Sector Northern Region division and Transmission Business Group.

In J&K, Bhel has so far commissioned 31 Hydro sets with a cumulative capacity of 1,257 MW.

It is executing hydroelectric projects of more than 2,900 MW in the country and 2,940 MW in Bhutan which are at various stages of implementation.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...-hydro-project-in-jk/articleshow/63365344.cms

 

[Prashant12]

BHEL commissions 330 MW Kishanganga HEP in J&K

The first and second units of the project were also recently commissioned in the month of March.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the prestigious 330 MW Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The first and second units of the project were also recently commissioned in the month of March. Notably, all three units of Kishanganga HEP have been commissioned within a short span of 18 days.

In the state of J&K, BHEL has so far commissioned 33 hydro sets with a cumulative capacity of 1,477 MW.

The stock ended the day at Rs85, down Rs0.45, or 0.53%, from its previous closing of Rs85.45 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs85.55 and touched a high and low of Rs87.35 and Rs84.55, respectively.

BHEL’s order backlog at Q3FY18E was Rs1,02,200cr, of which, ~20% are slow moving orders (40% at Q2FY18E). We expect a recovery in the power segment and execution of legacy orders to aid its order book and sales.

BHEL is pursuing growth in transportation, railways, T&D, solar, water, and defence space. It targets 50% non-coal sales mix (30% at present) over the medium-term. The company expects to get orders from NTPC’s flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) tender for new SOx emission norms. We project sales and PAT to grow at 9% and 58% CAGR, respectively (FY17-20E). We estimate cost control via indigenization, lesser provisions, and rising sales to improve EBITDA margin by ~390bps to 7.8% by FY20E. The stock attractively trades at P/E of 15.5xFY20E.

BHEL has 20,000MW manufacturing capacity. It is the market leader in generation equipment space with 55% market share of the total installed power capacity. BHEL derived 79.2% of its revenue from power segment and remaining from the industrial segment (transmission, transportation, renewables, defence) in FY17.

https://www.indiainfoline.com/artic...mw-kishanganga-hep-in-j-k-118040400037_1.html

 

[Prashant12]

India moves to use Indus water against Pak terror


NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated two hydroelectric projects in Jammu & Kashmir, indicating his government's political will to respond to Pakistan's use of terrorism against India with every option at its command, including using in full India's share of water from western tributaries of the Indus, as possible leverage points.

The inauguration of the 330-MW Kishanganga hydel station in Bandipore and laying of the foundation of the 1,000-MW Pakul Dul project in Kishtwar express the government's intent to follow through PM's decision to review water use within the ambit of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan.

The decision to maximise water use was taken after four Pakistan-backed militants attacked the Indian Army base at Uri in Jammu, killing 18 soldiers on September 18, 2016. "Blood and water cannot flow together", Modi had told a meeting of government officials on the Indus treaty 11 days later. The message to Pakistan was clear: stop backing terror attacks on India or lose the liberal water flow in excess of the treaty's provisions at present.


Soon after that decision, three hydel projects on Chenab and its tributary - Sawalkote (1,856 MW), Pakal Dul (1,000 MW) and Bursar (800 MW) - were fast-tracked. Building infrastructure on Indus, Chenab, Jhelum and their tributaries is part of the Modi government's plan to utilise India's share of water from western tributaries of the Indus.

Speeding up pending hydel projects is a key component of what India can do to use as much of Indus water as it can under the water treaty, which allows New Delhi to construct storage capacities on the western rivers up to 3.6 million acre feet (MAF) for various purpose, including domestic use.

Pakistan's water supply is dwindling because of climate change, outdated farming techniques and an exploding population. A 2011 report by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said India could use these projects as a way to control Pakistan's supplies from the Indus, seen as its jugular vein. "The cumulative effect of these projects could give India the ability to store enough water to limit the supply to Pakistan at crucial moments in the growing season," the report said.

Most of the projects proposed on the Indus and its tributaries had been held up for at least a decade awaiting clearances. Sawalkote, which was cleared by a government-constituted environment committee in January 2017, was first given techno-economic approval in 1991. Pakal Dul was stuck in litigation, which has now been resolved.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...r-against-pak-terror/articleshow/64240659.cms

 

[Prashant12]

PM to lay stone of Pakal Dul hydel project today


During his one-day visit to the state on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the biggest-ever power project in the state with a capacity of 1,000 MW.

The 1,000-MW Pakal Dul hydroelectric project, which is being constructed by the Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPP) in Kishtwar district, will be the first-ever power project of the state with a storage capacity in 0.5 million acres of area.

In collaboration with

the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, the CVPP is all set to start three major power projects in the state by the year-end with a total generating capacity of 2,164 MW.

A total of 1,000 MW will be generated by the Pakal Dul project, 624 MW by Kiru hydroelectric project while 540 MW by Kwar hydroelectric project.

The foundation for the Pakal Dul will be laid by the PM from Zorawar Singh auditorium at the University of Jammu of Saturday and other two projects will be started by year-end. — TNS

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ja...-of-pakal-dul-hydel-project-today/591242.html

 

[lcafanboy]

Pak media blames 'Indian lobby' after failed Pak-World Bank talks on Kishanganga Hydro-Project

Thursday, May 24, 2018
By: TNN

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Pakistan's complaint to the World Bank about alleged Indian violations of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was frustrated by the South Asian department of the World Bank which is "under the influence of the Indian lobby", said Pakistani media outlet The Express Tribune today.

The country's media today also reported that the World Bank yesterday announced that two days of talks with a Pakistani delegation did not lead to an agreement on the way forward in Pakistan's water dispute with India. The dispute was regarding India commencing the 330-megawatt Kishanganga hydropower station in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the project on May 19.

"The disagreement serves a serious blow to Pakistan that remains unable to penetrate in the World Bank, which is under heavy influence of the Indian lobby working in Washington," wrote the Tribune. It further said that "over the years, successive governments (have) kept a blind eye over a growing Indian influence in international financial institutions.

Pakistan says India has violated the 1960 IWT with the World Bank with the Kishanganga project. New Delhi believes that IWT allows it to build 'run-of-river' hydel projects that do not change the course of the river and do not deplete the water level downstream. Islamabad argues that the Kishanganga project not only violates the course of the river but also depletes its water level.

The World Bank on Wednesday announced that two days of talks with the Pakistani delegation did not lead to an agreement on the way forward in Pakistan's water dispute with India, reported Dawn.

"Several procedural options for resolving the disagreement over the interpretation of the Treaty's provisions were discussed," the World Bank said.

Yet, it added that the IWT only gives it a "limited and procedural" role in resolving India-Pakistan water disputes, although the bank supervised the negotiations for the treaty and is recognised as an arbitrator by both countries.

India started work on the Kishanganga hydropower station in 2007. Three years later, Pakistan took the matter to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, which stayed the project for three years. In 2013, the court ruled that the Kishanganga project was “a run-of-river plant within the parameters of the IWT and that India may accordingly divert water from the Kishanganga (Neelum River) for power generation”.

http://www.defencenews.in/article/P...ank-talks-on-Kishanganga-Hydro-Project-558420

Pakistanis should know money speaks.

BAAP bada na bhaiya,. Bhaiya Sabse bada rupaiya....

 

[Tanmay]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...te-with-india-at-ica/articleshow/64466731.cms

Another victory in Indus Water Treaty, Bleed by thousand wounds

 

[sorcerer]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...te-with-india-at-ica/articleshow/64466731.cms

Another victory in Indus Water Treaty, Bleed by thousand wounds

pakis will piss blood in a matter of time.
Them built pukes instead of Dams
What a wonderfool nation pakis are!

 

[Tanmay]

pakis will piss blood in a matter of time.
Them built pukes instead of Dams
What a wonderfool nation pakis are!

They said "We will eat grass for 1000 years but not give up nukes".
Suddenly realize that there is no water even for grass. Perhaps they will also have to return to using stones for cleaning their asses.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

India to expedite 3 projects to stop its share of Indus waters from flowing into Pakistan

 

[Mikesingh]

BHEL commissions 330 MW Kishanganga HEP in J&K

RaGa said the other day at a Cong rally that BHEL produces mobile phones!!! Lol!

 

[Kshatriya87]

RaGa said the other day at a Cong rally that BHEL produces mobile phones!!! Lol!

BHEL also makes bhel puri .

 

[Haldiram]

India to expedite 3 projects to stop its share of Indus waters from flowing into Pakistan

This is not the same as IWT withdrawal. We are only going to use our share of the water more efficiently, but wont be stopping the water flowing into Pakistan. If we stop that, then it can be called IWT withdrawal.

 

[Mikesingh]

This is not the same as IWT withdrawal. We are only going to use our share of the water more efficiently, but wont be stopping the water flowing into Pakistan. If we stop that, then it can be called IWT withdrawal.

Right! These are run-of-the river projects for producing electricity, but not for storage/ irrigation purposes and therefore well within the Treaty. Almost 30% of the water authorised for our use is wasted as it flows into Pak without us making use of it. And in turn this water is mismanaged by the Pakis who let it flow into the Arabian sea without harnessing it for irrigation etc.

But the Pakis as usual are crying hoarse over this contending that we are going against the IWT!! Morons can't even read simple English!

 

[Kshatriya87]

Water crisis: Why is Pakistan running dry?
Pakistan could "run dry" by 2025 as its water shortage is reaching an alarming level. The authorities remain negligent about the crisis that's posing a serious threat to the country's stability, reports Shah Meer Baloch.

According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks third in the world among countries facing acute water shortage. Reports by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) also warn the authorities that the South Asian country will reach absolute water scarcity by 2025.

"No person in Pakistan, whether from the north with its more than 5,000 glaciers, or from the south with its 'hyper deserts,' will be immune to this [scarcity]," said Neil Buhne, UN humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan.

Researchers predict that Pakistan is on its way to becoming the most water-stressed country in the region by the year 2040.

It is not the first time that development and research organizations have alerted Pakistani authorities about an impending crisis, which some analysts say poses a bigger threat to the country than terrorism.

In 2016, PCRWR reported that Pakistan touched the "water stress line" in 1990 and crossed the "water scarcity line" in 2005. If this situation persists, Pakistan is likely to face an acute water shortage or a drought-like situation in the near future, according to PCRWR, which is affiliated with the South Asian country's Ministry of Science and Technology.

A water-intensive country

Pakistan has the world's fourth-highest rate of water use. Its water intensity rate — the amount of water, in cubic meters, used per unit of GDP — is the world's highest. This suggests that no country's economy is more water-intensive than Pakistan's.

According to the IMF, Pakistan's per capita annual water availability is 1,017 cubic meters — perilously close to the scarcity threshold of 1,000 cubic meters. Back in 2009, Pakistan's water availability was about 1,500 cubic meters.

The bulk of Pakistan's farmland is irrigated through a canal system, but the IMF says in a report that canal water is vastly underpriced, recovering only a quarter of annual operating and maintenance costs. Meanwhile, agriculture, which consumes almost all annual available surface water, is largely untaxed.

Experts say that population growth and urbanization are the main reasons behind the crisis. The issue has also been exacerbated by climate change, poor water management and a lack of political will to deal with the crisis.

"Pakistan is approaching the scarcity threshold for water. What is even more disturbing is that groundwater supplies — the last resort of water supply — are being rapidly depleted. And worst of all is that the authorities have given no indication that they plan to do anything about any of this," Michael Kugelman, South Asia expert at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center, told DW in a 2015 interview.

Qazi Talhat, a secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources, told DW the situation is "scary" for Pakistan.

Water scarcity is also triggering security conflicts in the country. Experts say the economic impact of the water crisis is immense, and the people are fighting for resources.

Climate change

Water scarcity in Pakistan has been accompanied by rising temperatures. In May, at least 65 people died from heatstroke in the southern city of Karachi. In 2015, at least 1,200 people died during a spate of extremely hot weather.

"Heat waves and droughts in Pakistan are a result of climate change," Mian Ahmed Naeem Salik, an environmental expert and research fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad, told DW.

"The monsoon season has become erratic in the past few years. The winter season has shrunk from four to two months in many parts of the country. On top of it, Pakistan cannot save floodwater due to a scarcity of dams," Salik said. "At the time of Pakistan's birth in 1947, forests accounted for about 5 percent of the nation's area, but they have now dropped to only 2 percent. Pakistan must invest in building water reservoirs and plant more trees," he added. - Jihad against Forests ?

Water politics

The Tarbela and Mangla dams, the country's two major water reservoirs, reached their "dead" levels last week, according to media reports. The news sparked a debate on social media over the inaction of authorities in the face of this crisis.

"We have only two big reservoirs and we can save water only for 30 days. India can store water for 190 days whereas the US can do it for 900 days," Muhammad Khalid Rana, a spokesman for the Indus River System Authority (IRSA), told DW. - Blow these 2 dams up and they got nothing.

"Pakistan receives around 145 million acre feet of water every year but can only save 13.7 million acre feet. Pakistan needs 40 million acre feet of water but 29 million acre feet of our floodwater is wasted because we have few dams. New Delhi raised this issue with international bodies, arguing that it should be allowed to use the western rivers because Pakistan can't use them properly," Rana said. - Fair Point.

In 1960, the World Bank brokered the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) that gives Pakistan exclusive rights to use the region's western rivers — Indus, Jhelum and Chenaub — while India has the authority over three eastern rivers.

The Pakistani government says New Delhi is not fulfilling its responsibilities under the IWT as it voices concerns over India's construction of new dams. New Delhi is building the Kishangaga hydroelectric plant in the north of Bandipore in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir region. In May, Islamabad approached the World Bank complaining that India violated the IWT by building the dam on a Jehlum River basin, which it lays claim on.

Kugelman says that the Pakistani authorities need to step up efforts to overcome the water crisis, which is partly man-made. "First of all, Pakistan's leaders and stakeholders need to take ownership of this challenge and declare their intention to tackle it. Simply blaming previous governments, or blaming India, for the crisis won't solve anything. Next, the government needs to institute a major paradigm shift that promotes more judicious use of water," Kugelman emphasized.

Wastage of water

Apart from the water storage issue, experts say that water wastage is also a big issue in the country. Abid Suleri, executive director of the Islamabad-based Sustainable Development Policy Institute, says the mismanagement takes place at many levels.

As the water crisis worsens in Pakistan, foreign diplomats and activists have taken to social media, urging people to save water.

"Using a bucket to save water while washing my car! #Pakistan ranks third amongst countries facing water shortage. One major reason is excessive use. 100 liters wasted washing a car with running tap water. Many ways to #SaveWater in our daily life! #SaveWaterforPak," Martin Kobler, German ambassador to Pakistan, wrote on Twitter.

In April, former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announced Pakistan's first National Water Policy, promising consolidated efforts to tackle the water crisis.

But experts are skeptical about the authorities will to deal with the issue. The country will hold general elections on July 25 and there is an interim government currently in place. Water crisis is a priority neither for the caretaker government nor for the political parties contesting the polls.

 

[Kshatriya87]

They haven't listed the problem of population explosion in above article.

 

[Mikesingh]

They haven't listed the problem of population explosion in above article.

From the above article.....

Experts say that population growth and urbanization are the main reasons behind the crisis. The issue has also been exacerbated by climate change, poor water management and a lack of political will to deal with the crisis.

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[tsunami]

They are still wasting over 90% water they have???

"Pakistan receives around 145 million acre feet of water every year but can only save 13.7 million acre feet. Pakistan needs 40 million acre feet of water but 29 million acre feet of our floodwater is wasted because we have few dams.

 

[Kshatriya87]

They are still wasting over 90% water they have???

Yeah. Wasted meaning it is not stored in dams and the water is allowed to freely sink in the ground or pass into oceans.