India Takes First Step Towards Indus Water Treaty Withdrawal

[sthf]

Thefarmers claimed that that Indianhegemonic policies in South Asia had resulted in a squeezing of water supplies to Pakistan from western rivers.

30 characters of mother effing drought.

 

[vinuzap]

look at there argument and they have been thrashed

pak media is already sensing defeat and one of the biggest excuse happens to be indian judge in ICJ panel

india has humiliated and thrashed badly the terrorist nation and if they refused to follow ICJ indus valley treaty will be abolished quickly

 

[Screambowl]

If pakis dont adhere to ICJ order it will open up the way for us to disregard any international order that may favour pakis some day.

and that includes UN resolution on Kashmir and Indus water treaty
Let them act smart, this time India is very serious.

 

[AmoghaVarsha]

and that includes UN resolution on Kashmir and Indus water treaty
Let them act smart, this time India is very serious.

I am waiting for the day we give IWT the middle finger.

 

[vinuzap]

and this is what ISPR is folloing you with jihadi do you know who won the case :

http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?sum=585&p1=3&p2=3&case=119&p3=5

also to cut short this jihadi propaganda:

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...over-indus-waters-treaty-review/1/775027.html

you have approached ICJ with that your bhand commonwealth logic first with indus water treaty last year , if terrorist nation did not align with law it will be immediately scrapped , its just that india have approached at right place and right time with far reaching consequences

 

[airtel]

India hastens hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir
IANS|
Updated: Jul 26, 2017, 12.28 PM IST

In the Chenab basin, some of the new projects are being planned to produce hydropower through the "run-of-the-river" technique. (Representative image)


SRINAGAR: In a bid to utilise the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty to the full, India is planning speedy construction of eight hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir. They will have a total installed capacity of 6,352 MW at a projected cost of Rs 56,700 crore (about $9 billion).

These projects are Sawalkote (1,856 MW), Kirthai I (390 MW), Kirthai II (930 MW), Pakal Dul (1,000 MW), Kwar (540 MW), Kiru (624 MW), Bursar (800 MW) in the Chenab basin and the multi-purpose Ujh project (212 MW) in the Ravi basin.

Most of the new projects are in detailed project report (DPR) stage. That is the stage after the initial studies but before any major construction.

"There is no doubt that the speed with which these projects are being studied now is unprecedented. For example, the central power ministry was literally after our lives while seeking the submission of NoCs [No Objection Certificates] for Sawalkote and Kirthai projects," an official in the Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

He added that technical and economic clearance (TEC) for these projects was done within weeks in 2016 following the dithering of over 50 years from when the projects were first identified in the 1960s.

He said that the Centre has already issued grants to cover the entire financing to Jammu and Kashmir for completing three projects with a total capacity of 2,164 MW (Pakal Dul, Kwar and Kiru) by 2022-23 and has assured it will fund the rest of the projects within the next decade provided the state commits to joint ventures with central public sector companies like the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam or others.

Shah Faesal, the managing director of JKSPDC, refused to comment on whether the urgency being shown for power development was because of political reasons.

"I can't comment on that. But, yes, we are keen about the speedy development of power projects in our state. Being an important organisation for the state, JKSPDC is trying to contribute to the development of the resources of the state," Faesal said. :blah::blah:

Shakil Romshoo, the head of the Earth Sciences Department at Kashmir University, believes that Pakistan will object once these projects are finalised and the plans put in public domain. "Given the political history shared by the two countries and the recent developments over water-sharing between India and Pakistan, of course, Pakistan will raise objections," Romshoo said. :blah::blah:

Romshoo's colleague, Mohammad Sultan Bhat, who heads the university's Geography Department, said that Pakistan will react sharply to projects like Bursar and Sawalkote notwithstanding the fact that India says they are going to be constructed as per the provisions of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between the two countries. The Chenab and Ravi rivers are parts of the larger Indus basin. :blah::blah:

Under the treaty, the waters of the three western rivers in the basin -- Indus, Jhelum and Chenab -- are allocated to Pakistan, while the waters of the three eastern rivers -- Ravi, Beas and Sutlej -- are allocated to India. However, India, upstream of Pakistan, has the right to "non-consumptive" uses of the waters of the western rivers as well.

In the Chenab basin, some of the new projects are being planned to produce hydropower through the "run-of-the-river" technique, in which a river's water is not held back in a reservoir, but diverted through a tunnel, after which it turns turbines to generate electricity before flowing back into the river.

"We have seen in recent times that Pakistan has raised strong objections to power projects like Baglihar and Kishanganga. They are going to do the same, especially at a time when India has openly said that it is going to use water as a strategic tool to put pressure on Pakistan," Bhat said. :blah::blah:

Even in India, there is controversy over two of the projects. The first is the 1,856 MW Sawalkote project in Ramban and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir -- a run-of-the-river project. But green groups contend that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report about the project is "misleading". In January 2016, a group of eminent people wrote of their concerns regarding the "deeply flawed" EIA report for the Sawalkote project.:blah::blah::blah:

There are questions over the Bursar hydroelectric project as well. In this project, a storage dam with a reservoir is being planned on the Chenab basin in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. Along with Ujh, this has been declared a national project. According to an NHPC document, this project has been designed to utilise the provisions of the IWT as mentioned in Annexure-E of the 1960 treaty.

Through this project, the NHPC document says, the flow of water can be regulated not only for the benefit of this project but all downstream projects such as Pakal Dul, Dul Hasti, Ratle, Baglihar, Sawalkote and Salal hydroelectric projects, thereby enhancing the potential of all downstream schemes. The dam site is located near village Pakal on the Marusudar river, the biggest tributary of the Chenab. The storage provided, says the NHPC document, is intended to be used for additional power generation during lean flow months and releasing regulated flow downstream.

Environmentalists have again raised concerns. "This is the first dam which is going to be built in our mountainous state. So, there are concerns about local environment and ecology, environmental flows, seismic concerns, etc.," said one of the members of a team in Kashmir University that has prepared a report on the Bursar project and submitted it to NHPC last week.

Other projects on the Chenab basin which are being investigated for speedy development include Pakal Dul, Kiru, Kwar, Kirthai I and Kirthai II -- all in Kishtwar district.

The developers of most of these projects have already applied for clearances from the central Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as well as the Jammu and Kashmir forest department.


http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...in-jammu-and-kashmir/articleshow/59769588.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/india-hastens-hydropower-projects-in-jammu-and-kashmir/articleshow/59769588.cms
so now they are Posting concerns of so called Environmental groups and Kashmiri Professors .

 

[F-14B]

I am posting article 3 of the Indus water Treaty for your kind information

http://mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/6439/Indus

 

[Kshatriya87]

Indus Waters Treaty talks: World Bank promises 'neutrality' as it helps India-Pakistan find way forward

Washington: The World Bank has promised its continued neutrality and impartiality in helping India and Pakistan find an "amicable way forward" during talks over issues related to two of India's hydroelectricity projects under Indus Waters Treaty.

Welcoming the participation of India and Pakistan in the talks to be held in Washington on Monday, World Bank's Vice-President for South Asia region Annette Dixon said, "We are pleased both parties have confirmed their participation in the meeting hosted by the World Bank in Washington, DC."

"The World Bank welcomes the spirit of goodwill and cooperation," Dixon said in a letter to the Indian Ambassador to the US, Navtej Sarna.

In the letter dated 25 July, the World Bank assured the the Indian envoy its "continued neutrality and impartiality in helping the parties to find and amicable way forward. We hope that all parties will come to the table prepared to find a way forward that safeguards the Treaty," it said.

Union Water Resources Secretary Amarjit Singh will lead the Indian delegation during the talks. The Indian team will comprise officials from ministries of external affairs and water resources.

The two countries last held talks over the two projects in March 2017 during the meeting of Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) in Pakistan. Pakistan had approached the World Bank in 2016, raising concerns over the designs of the two hydroelectricity projects located in Jammu and Kashmir. It demanded that the World Bank, which is the mediator between the two countries under the 57-year-old water distribution pact, set up a court of arbitration to look into its concerns.

On the other hand, India asked for appointments of a neutral expert to look into the issues, contending the concerns Pakistan raised were "technical" ones.

Following this, the international lender had in November 2016 initiated two simultaneous processes — for appointing neutral expert and establishment of court of arbitration — to look into technical differences between the two countries in connection with the project.

The simultaneous processes, however, were halted after India objected to it.

After that, representatives of the World Bank held talks with India and Pakistan to find a way out separately.

 

[Kshatriya87]

The politics of water

Usama Malik

“If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water”. This statement was made by Ismail Serageldin; a former high-ranking executive at the World Bank and a renowned water security activist. The veracity of his assertion stands confirmed when one sees the state of affairs between Pakistan and India; two nuclear power neighbours, who have been wrangling over the waters of the Indus River System for the past seven decades.

The Radcliffe line not only divided the Indian subcontinent into two sovereign nations, but also cut through a developed irrigation system without providing any mechanism for the division of water between the newly created states. The Indus river system flows from Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan. Indian forces illegally and unilaterally occupied Kashmir in 1948 and gained control over the flow of water into Pakistan. The Kashmir issue, which has since become an international human rights problem, is inextricably linked with the Indus river system, as both the countries want unfettered jurisdiction over the waters of Indus.

India, following its illegal occupation of Kashmir started using this precious natural resource as a weapon and turned off the flow of water into Pakistan to pressurise its neighbour to rescind its claim over Kashmir. This act of aggression threatened the very existence of Pakistan, as the country’s agrarian economy and food security are largely dependent on the smooth flow of the Indus river system. However, after international intervention, India was forced to reinstate the water supplies.

The Indus river system remained largely unregulated until 1960, when the much-celebrated Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was signed between the two squabbling neighbours. The treaty was signed after eight years of arduous rounds of negotiations between Pakistan and India, led by the World Bank. World powers including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia also played a pivotal role in making this treaty a reality, which was finally signed between Pakistani President Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on September 19, 1960 and ratified in 1961.

The treaty provided an amicable settlement for the division of the waters of the Indus. The scheme envisaged in the treaty gave complete control of the three western rivers of the Indus system namely Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab, whereas the waters of the eastern rivers including Ravi, Sutlej and Beas, were made freely available to India.

The conclusion of the treaty of 1960 between the two countries was a miracle in itself. The countries found a diplomatic solution for the division of a resource, which was paramount to their survival and prosperity. Dwight Eisenhower, then president of the United States, described it as "one bright spot in a very depressing world picture that we see so often”. The Indus Water Treaty can be rightly termed as a quintessential display of amicable dispute settlement. The treaty has survived almost five decades of a turbulent relationship between the two states during which they have fought three wars. The resolve of the two neighbors to abide by the treaty demonstrates their willingness to cooperate with each other in order to safeguard their access to the waters of the Indus river system.

However, despite the success of the Indus water treaty as a whole, the Indian government has continued their hostile policy, first deployed in 1948, of using water as a strategic weapon against Pakistan. A recent example of this strategy was the harsh rhetoric used by Indian leaders in the aftermath of the September 2016 Uri attack carried out in Indian occupied Kashmir. The Indian government hastily blamed Pakistan for this atrocity in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed and threatened to disrupt Pakistan’s supply of water. An antagonistic Indian premier stated on September 26, 2016, “blood and water can’t flow together”, thereby reiterating India’s long lasting stance on the subject.

Apart from these occasional threats and unruly ultimatums from India, Pakistan has also raised its concerns in international forums, including the World Bank, about India’s illegal construction of dams and power projects on the western rivers of the Indus system. Pakistan disagrees with the construction of the 330 megawatts Kishenganga and 850 megawatts Ratle hydroelectric plant being built by India on the Jhelum and Chenab River, respectively. The treaty entitles Pakistan to the unrestricted use of the water of these rivers and as such India stands in violation of its obligations under the 1960 treaty, as these projects are deemed to disrupt the supply of water into Pakistan.

The prosperity of Pakistan is essentially dependent on water security. According to estimates, the country is believed to become the most water-stressed state of the region by the year 2040. In order to grapple with the issue of water security, Pakistan needs to follow a two-pronged strategy. Not only does it need to make a strong diplomatic case against the continued violations of the 1960 treaty by India in order to secure its uninterrupted supply of water from the Indus system but it also needs to preserve and store the water it already has. According to the Wapda chairman, Pakistan loses Rs25 billion worth of water every year due to non-preservation and lack of storage facilities. The shortage of dams and reservoirs to preserve water for future usage poses a serious threat to the economy of the country.

Corruption, terrorism, nepotism and flight of capital are important challenges, which the country is facing. However, the water issue needs to be tackled with the utmost diligence and commitment by our government. Additionally, the media, civil society and policy makers need to highlight the severity of this situation if we want to make our future generations food and water secure.

The writer is a lawyer and human rights activist based in Lahore. He holds a Masters in Human Rights Law from the University of Warwick. He can be contacted at [email protected]

 

[indus]

Seems Pakis will die of thirst instead of a tactical nuke explosion.

Pakistan dumps $21bn worth of water in the sea each year: IRSA
Nadir GuramaniNovember 02, 2017

The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) told the Senate Forum for Policy Research on Thursday that Pakistan dumps water worth approximately $21 billion into the sea each year due to a lack of water conservation systems.

In a meeting of the forum, chaired by Nayyar Husain Bukhari, members of Irsa and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) made shocking revelations while briefing attendees about Pakistan's lack of water conservation systems and water distribution to provinces.

"The country needs three Mangla-sized dams to conserve the amount of water that goes to sea each year," Irsa members told the meeting while informing them that Pakistan faces a 36 per cent shortage in its water requirements at the moment.

If no water reservoirs are made, the country faces an extreme water shortage in the coming years, Irsa members said as they endorsed the long-overdue creation of the Kalabagh Dam.
Pakistan can only store up to 30 days' worth of water, while India can store up to 320 days' worth, Irsa members informed the meeting while stressing upon the need for more reservoirs in the country.

"Kalabagh dam can be completed in five years," a PCRWR member said, but told officials that the Akhoori Dam can also be developed as an alternative to Kalabagh.

"Do not talk about the Kalabagh Dam after three provinces have voted against it; discuss alternative plans with us," said Jahanzeb Jamaldini.

The inflow of rivers Indus, Chenab, Kabul and Jehlum has dropped and as a result, this year's crop may be severely affected, Irsa members informed the meeting.

Water levels in Islamabad are falling by one metre each year and six metres in Balochistan, Irsa officials warned the officials. PCRWR members warned that out of 43 lakes in Pakistan, the levels of 26 have dropped drastically in the past few years, while the country remains without a National Water Policy.

To top it all off, the country's population is on the rise at an alarming rate which is also adding to its water woes, PCRWR told the meeting.

"Shortage is a common problem; the question is what are we doing to deal with it," the meeting's chair responded.

 

[indus]

Took a lot of time to dig this media report. A small but significant step in saving our waters for our citizens. Btw its just one of the ways we have been rescuing Pakistan all along. Isnt it.

Pak farmers not getting water after plugging Indira Gandhi canal leakage
The farmers live along the border
Sangeeta Sharma | Updated: Sep 10, 2017, 04:27PM IST, DNA webdesk

(DNA webdesk)
Pakistani farmers in the border areas are facing a crop failure as India has choked their water supply. The Pakistani farmers were taking advantage from leakage in Indira Gandhi canal in Sriganganagar. However, now this ‘water supply’ has stopped after the project to plug the leak in 15km area (from Daulatpura of Sriganganagar) has been successfully completed. The government has recently conducted a test and claimed that the farmers of Pakistan, who were getting free water from India were no longer getting it.
The information has been sought from the irrigation department in Jodhpur about any leak in the canal which flows in the border area adjoining Jaisalmer. After the trial, the government has recently conducted a survey there. The farmers of that area told that for many decades, farmers from across the border were cultivating from our canal’s water. They were cultivating native cotton, American cotton, sugarcane, wheat and mustard.

The scheme was approved in 2004 for ensuring construction work of both Ganganagar and Indira Nahar but the work was stuck for security reasons. In the meantime, in 2015, the Pak Rangers demanded a ban on the construction work on the canal in the flag meeting. After this, the BSF gave the green signal to the project of the Ministry of Water Resources.

It is noteworthy that when there is excessive rain in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh, water flows through the river. Not only this, due to the leakage in the canal, a lot of water is leaked and crosses the border while the Indian farmers are deprived of their share.

 

[Prashant12]

Environment ministry’s panel clears 800 MW Bursar hydroelectric project in J&K

Environment ministry’s expert panel reverses its earlier stand that the 800 MW Bursar hydroelectric project was to be located in a rich biodiversity area and could only be cleared after a site visit by a sub-committee

The estimated cost of the Bursar hydroelectric project is Rs24,589.38 crore. File photo: AFP
New Delhi: An expert panel of the union environment ministry has cleared the 800 megawatt (MW) Bursar hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir, reversing its stand that the power project was to be located in a rich biodiversity area and could only be cleared after a site visit by a sub-committee.

The project, permitted under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), is strategically important for India and its clearance is in line with the Indian government’s decision to step up exploitation of India’s share of water in the IWT.

At a meeting in October, the environment ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects deferred granting clearance to the Bursar project in the absence of a site visit. However, in the first week of December, the panel went ahead and cleared the project without a site visit, saying that a visit was not possible before June 2018 due to poor weather conditions, which would delay the project.

The estimated cost of the project is Rs24,589.38 crore.

Prime Minister Modi had directed officials to pursue full exploitation of rivers under the IWT after a border incident in September 2016 in which 18 soldiers were killed when militants stormed an Indian Army battalion headquarters in northern Jammu and Kashmir (Uri region), close to the Line of Control.



According to the minutes of the EAC’s 24 October meeting, reviewed by Mint, members felt the “proposed location is located in a rich biodiversity area” as “Kishtwar High Altitude National Park is located within (a) 10 km radius of the project site”.

The sub-committee was also to look at “endemic fish species and spawning grounds availability to be indicated from the secondary sources in the area including the zone of influence, if any”.

The EAC then said it would reconsider the project for environmental clearance after seeing the sub-committee’s report. However, in its subsequent meeting on 5 December, the EAC recommended environment clearance without a site visit.

Once the EAC recommends or denies environmental clearance for a project, the environment ministry takes the final call but rarely overturns the EAC’s recommendation.

“The EAC had earlier suggested a site visit for proposed project by a Subcommittee to be carried out during early November, 2017 and submit a report on the project based on the ToR (Terms of Reference) suggested for the Sub-committee. However, the members of the Sub-committee could not visit the project due to very harsh climate conditions in the area during November, 2017,” according to the minutes of EAC’s 5 December meeting



“The Member Secretary informed the Committee that the next visit would be possible only after June 2018 as by that time, weather conditions will become fairly good. As the grant of environmental clearance will be delayed by more than 7 months if we wait, the Committee took note of it and after deliberation, site visit to the project site has been dropped and EAC recommended for grant of EC to the proposed project,” the minutes said.

The Bursar project is proposed to come up on Marusudar River, a tributary of the Chenab, near village Pakal in Kishtwar District. It envisages construction of a 265 m high concrete gravity dam. The project is proposed to be completed in 163 months including a pre-construction period of 36 months for infrastructural work.

The project, a storage scheme permitted under IWT, is the first such with a storage capacity of 0.5 MAF (Million Acre Feet) in the Chenab basin. It has been declared a national project and is under the Prime Minister’s reconstruction plan for J&K.

Total land requirement for the project is about 1,779.33 hectare, of which 1,149 ha is forest land. The total submergence area is about 1,442.71 hectare. At least 1,052 families are expected to be affected by the project.

http://www.livemint.com/Industry/KS...ys-panel-clears-800-MW-Bursar-hydroelect.html

 

[Prashant12]

India sets the ball rolling on its rights under Indus Waters Treaty; prepares DPR for Ujh project in J&K



NEW DELHI: Seeking to fast-track exercising of India's rights under Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the Central Water Commission (CWC) has finalised detailed project report of the Ujh multi-purpose project and submitted it to the Jammu and Kashmir government for its evaluation so that the construction can begin as early as possible.
The project, which is to come up in Kathua district, will store around 0.65 million acre feet (MAF) of water of the river Ujh (a tributary of river Ravi) to irrigate 30,000 hectares of land and produce more than 200MW of hydro-power.

Under the IWT which was signed with Pakistan in 1960, water of Ravi is allocated to India. It, however, took the CWC 16 years to complete the process of detailed project report (DPR) after getting a formal nod to do so in the year 2001.

"The DPR was fast-tracked pursuant to decision taken in the meeting of the task force on Indus Waters, chaired by principal secretary to Prime Minister, in December 2016. This will help India to utilise a part of the flow that presently goes across border unutilised", said an official statement.

The task force, chaired by Nripendra Mishra (principal secretary to PM), was formed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had held a review meeting on the IWT - a water distribution pact with Pakistan - in the aftermath of series of cross-border terror strikes including Uri attack in 2016. It was decided in the meeting that India would explore all options to utilise the maximum water of the Indus river system which is legally given to it under the 1960 Treaty.
Under the IWT, water of eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas and Sutlej) is allocated to India. Though the country is under obligation to let flow the water of the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum and Chenab) to Pakistan, it has rights to use the water from the western rivers for its domestic purposes, irrigation and generating hydro-electric power.

Under the Treaty, India is permitted to construct storage capacities on the western rivers up to 3.6 million acre feet (MAF) for various purpose. Accordingly, an expert panel of the environment ministry has recently cleared the 800 MW Bursar hydro-electric project which is one of the three projects on river Chenab and its tributary which India wants to complete in a time-bound manner.

The Bursar hydro-electric project is a storage project in which the flow of water can be regulated not only to the benefit of this project but all downstream projects such as Pakal Dul, Dul Hasti, Rattle, Baglihar, Sawalkot and Salal hydroelectric projects.


https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...or-ujh-project-in-jk/articleshow/62298262.cms

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Water Resources
29-December, 2017 17:02 IST
CWC Submits DPR Of Ujh Project


In our commitment to fast track utilization of India's rights under Indus Waters Treaty, the DPR of Ujh Project was submitted by Central Water Commission to Shri Sham Lal Choudhary Minister of PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control of Jammu & Kashmir yesterday. This project will store around 0.65 MAF of waters of river Ujh (a tributary of river Ravi) to irrigate 30,000 hact. and produce more than 200 MW of hydropower. The DPR was fast tracked pursuant to decision taken in the meeting of the Task Force on Indus Waters chaired by Principal Secretary to PM in Dec 2016. This will help India to utilize a part of the flow that presently goes across border unutilized.

 

[Prashant12]

Project for better use of water of rivers flowing into Pakistan


The Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Project will focus on effective utilisation of excess rain and flood water of major rivers flowing into Pakistan, an official said.

An MoU was signed with the New Development Bank (NDB) for a loan of Rs 1,000 crore for the Rs 3,300-crore project in Delhi today.

"The project aims to better utilise rain and flood water of Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Ghaggarrivers that flow into Pakistan," Principal Secretary (Water Resources) Shikhar Agrawal said.

Rs 1,000 crore would be spent in the first phase. The loan amount for the second phase will be provided in April.

Additional Chief Engineer (Water Resources) Ravi Solanki said that restructuring and repair of canals built under the Indira Gandhi Canal Project will be carried out. It will curb water losses and water locking problems so that farmers get ample water for irrigation.

Solanki said the project will be completed in five years.

The project will solve drinking and irrigation water woes of 10 districts of the desert state -- Sriganganagar, Hanumangarh, Churu, Nagaur, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Barmer.

A flood management system for Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Ghaggar rivers will also be developed under the project, Solanki added.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...lowing-into-pakistan/articleshow/62903378.cms

 

[indus]

For the people who think Modi Govt has no Pakistan policy.

Jhelum water inflow declines alarmingly

ISLAMABAD: After 52 years, Pakistan has experienced mammoth reduction in the Jhelum water inflows from 8,000 cusecs to 1,900 cusecs on Sunday (Feb19) but on Monday it slightly scaled up to 2,000 cusecs, raising the eyebrows of many in the country as all other rivers have normal flows.

However, a senior official of Pakistan’s Permanent Commission of Indus Waters (PCIW) attributed the decline in water inflows in Jhelum River to less rainfall, below average snowfall and low temperatures in the catchment area which is situated in Indian Held Kashmir.

Asked if India is in process of filling the reservoir of the just-completed Kishenganga hydropower project, he said that it depends upon the rise in temperature in the catchment area and the water flows are not gaining the momentum at the moment. However, water experts apprehended that the massive dip in water inflows may be the result of filling of Kishenganga Dam by Indians as other rivers have normal flows. IRSA spokesman Khalid Idrees Rana said that historically water flows in Jhelum river stay at 7,000-8,000 cusecs per day in these days, but now they have dropped down to an alarmingly level of just 2,000 cusecs.

However, the data shows during peak winter season water flows hovered in the range of 7,000-8,000 cusecs and specifically on December 26, 2017, the water flows stayed at 7,900 cusecs, but in January 2018, the flows dropped massively to be in the range of 4600 to 4,000 cusecs. By mid- February, when spring season starts approaches, the water flows drastically went down raising many a eyebrows. This means that India had started the process of filling of dam from January, 2018.

However, PCIW is totally unaware of the filling of the dam by India as it has failed to get information of any existing and future projects being erected on Pakistan’s rivers in the last four years particularly after Pakistan going to World Bank asking for the constitution of the court of arbitration (CoA) on the designs of Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects. The World Bank has failed to constitute the court of arbitration on account of India’s opposition as New Delhi is insisting that the matter should be resolved at the forum of Neutral Expert. Since then, Modi government is keeping Pakistan in the dark about the design of the future projects on eastern rivers. So Pakistan is not in a position to verify if India is filling the Kishenganga Dam.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/283077-low-river-inflows-createwater-shortages-for-wheat-crop

Low river inflows createwater shortages for wheat crop

 

[darshan978]

For the people who think Modi Govt has no Pakistan policy.

Jhelum water inflow declines alarmingly

ISLAMABAD: After 52 years, Pakistan has experienced mammoth reduction in the Jhelum water inflows from 8,000 cusecs to 1,900 cusecs on Sunday (Feb19) but on Monday it slightly scaled up to 2,000 cusecs, raising the eyebrows of many in the country as all other rivers have normal flows.

However, a senior official of Pakistan’s Permanent Commission of Indus Waters (PCIW) attributed the decline in water inflows in Jhelum River to less rainfall, below average snowfall and low temperatures in the catchment area which is situated in Indian Held Kashmir.

Asked if India is in process of filling the reservoir of the just-completed Kishenganga hydropower project, he said that it depends upon the rise in temperature in the catchment area and the water flows are not gaining the momentum at the moment. However, water experts apprehended that the massive dip in water inflows may be the result of filling of Kishenganga Dam by Indians as other rivers have normal flows. IRSA spokesman Khalid Idrees Rana said that historically water flows in Jhelum river stay at 7,000-8,000 cusecs per day in these days, but now they have dropped down to an alarmingly level of just 2,000 cusecs.

However, the data shows during peak winter season water flows hovered in the range of 7,000-8,000 cusecs and specifically on December 26, 2017, the water flows stayed at 7,900 cusecs, but in January 2018, the flows dropped massively to be in the range of 4600 to 4,000 cusecs. By mid- February, when spring season starts approaches, the water flows drastically went down raising many a eyebrows. This means that India had started the process of filling of dam from January, 2018.

However, PCIW is totally unaware of the filling of the dam by India as it has failed to get information of any existing and future projects being erected on Pakistan’s rivers in the last four years particularly after Pakistan going to World Bank asking for the constitution of the court of arbitration (CoA) on the designs of Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects. The World Bank has failed to constitute the court of arbitration on account of India’s opposition as New Delhi is insisting that the matter should be resolved at the forum of Neutral Expert. Since then, Modi government is keeping Pakistan in the dark about the design of the future projects on eastern rivers. So Pakistan is not in a position to verify if India is filling the Kishenganga Dam.

this whole para explains why porkis are desperate to grab kashmir:biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2:

 

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NHPC's Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project first unit synchronised with grid

Bandipora: First unit (110 MW) of the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project of NHPC at Bandipora, Jammu & Kashmir has been successfully test synchronized with the grid on 01.03.2018. On this occasion, Shri Balraj Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC, Shri Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects), Shri N. K. Jain, Director (Personnel), Shri S. Kalgaonkar, Executive Director (RO-Jammu), Shri Arvind Bhat, Executive Director (Design-E&M), Shri A. K. Singh, Executive Director (Kishanganga), Shri Amresh Kumar, General Manager (Kishanganga) and other senior officers of NHPC were present. Deputy Commisioner, Bandipora, Shri Sajad Hussain Ganie, also graced the occasion, who has been instrumental in fructification of the project.


The Kishanganga project envisages diversion of water of Kishanganga River to underground Power House through 23.25 KM long Head Race Tunnel to generate 1713 million units per annum. The Project is covered under the Indus Waters Treaty signed between India and Pakistan. NHPC currently operates 22 power stations with a total installed capacity of 6691 MW including 1520 MW through NHDC Limited - JV of NHPC with Government of Madhya Pradesh. The company currently has 3 projects of 3130 MW capacity under construction.

NHPC has 7 power stations in Jammu & Kashmir with an installed capacity of 2009 MW. It is also pertinent to mention that NHPC through its joint venture company, CVPPPL with JKSPDC and PTC (India) Limited is executing three hydroelectric projects –Pakal Dul, Kiru and Kwar– at Chenab River Basin.

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Tarbela reaches dead level

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Friday said that the Tarbela dam had attained its ‘dead level’ of 1386 feet, and Punjab and Sindh might face shortfall of approximately 70 to 80 per cent in their canal systems in the coming five to ten days.

However, the shortages might be reduced in the wake of impending rainfall and with the increase of temperature being foreseen in catchment areas, says an Irsa press release.

“Today, Tarbela has attained its dead level of 1386 feet; therefore in the next 48 hours, river supplies will be adjusted as under: Punjab will get a share of 4,000 cusecs from River Indus and 14,000 cusecs from Jhelum-Chenab zone; Sindh will gain 14,100 cusecs; Balochistan (4,000 cusecs) and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (2,400 cusecs) so a total 38,400 cusecs will be released.

Seasonal shortages for both Punjab and Sindh would remain at 36 per cent as announced by Irsa at the start of the Rabi 2017-18 season.

This season, the provinces of Punjab and Sindh received excessive water with respect to allocations made by Irsa while Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa received less water despite the fact that both the provinces, being smaller, are exempted from sharing of shortages.