Pak objects to four more Indian hydropower projects

September 28, 2013 15:34

Pakistan has raised objections to four new hydropower projects of India to be built on western rivers.

The ministry of foreign affairs informed the National Assembly that India is working on six hydropower projects of 1,716 MW capacity on western rivers, including Jhelum, Chenab and Indus, which were assigned to Pakistan under the World Bank-sponsored treaty, Dawn News reports.

According to the report, the two nations have been involved in a dispute from a long time over 10 such violations of the 1960 treaty.

Pakistan has taken up two major cases with the International Court of Arbitration over Baglihar and Kishenganga hydropower projects, the report added.

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