Summary Site inspection of 140 megawatt powerhouse would continue from September 21 to September 24.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Delegation is the headship of Pakistan Indus Basin Commissioner Mirza Asif Baig will leave for India today as India approved site inspection of the 140 megawatt Miyar Power House at river Chenab in Indian occupied Kashmir.
According to the Ministry of Water and Power, the delegates from Pakistan will at first reach New Delhi and later proceed to Kashmir. Changing the route of the Miyar Valley associated with river Chenab, the site inspection of 140 megawatt powerhouse would continue from September 21 to September 24.
Officials stated head of the delegation Mirza Asif Baig will demand the data related to water flowing from river Chenab at Salal and Baglihar during the floods from his Indian counterpart Shri K Vohra.
Pakistan has been insisting on Miyar Power House’s inspection from the past two years.
Earlier, Pakistan Indus Basin Commissioner Asif Baig Mirza had canceled the scheduled visit to India over India’s refusal to let Pakistan inspect the disputed proposed powerhouse at river Chenab in Indian occupied Kashmir.
India had reportedly finalized plans to build four powerhouses consisting 2110 megawatt at part of river Chenab that falls in Indian occupied Kashmir. Pakistan had objected to all four projects as per bilateral Indus Basin Treaty and according to a mutual agreement in September last year, India had promised to let Pakistani commissioner inspect the site and the project.
Indian Indus Basin commissioner Shri K Vohra was supposed to send his Pakistani counterpart the inspection schedule between March 2 and 4 this year but the inspection plan for the said 120 megawatt powerhouse was dropped.
Pakistani commissioner has informed Indian counterpart through a letter about the cancelation of visit. The same letter proposes inclusion of the disputed powerhouse and holding negotiations during last week of March.
