Neelum dam to cut water supply to Pak
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27/01/2005
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Asian Age (New Delhi)
The Indian move to build a water storage and power generation facility on river Neelum in Kashmir in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty would cause Pakistan a water shortage of about 8-9 per cent. Sources said that a meeting held here on Wednesday was informed about different aspects of the Kishanganga project. The meeting was presided over by secretary water and power Ashfaq Mehmood and attended by senior officials of the GHQ, Pakistan commission for Indus Waters, the Indus river system authority, ministry of foreign affairs and irrigation departments of Sindh and Punjab.