Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Vishaw stream gasps for breath amid mining pollution" appearing in Greater Kashmir dated 16.12.2024 dated 23/04/2025. In the original application, registered suo motu, the tribunal is examining the grievance of a deteriorating trout population in the Vishaw …
India has approached the Hague-based International Court of Arbitration (ICA) to vacate the stay order earlier got by Pakistan to halt construction of Kishanganga project in Jammu & Kashmir, reliable sources told TheNation on Thursday.In 1960, Pakistan and India hammered out the Indus Water Treaty, which governs the sharing of …
Although inter-State water disputes and arbitration with neighbouring Pakistan over the Kishenganga hydro-electric project in Jammu & Kashmir dominated the functioning of the Union Water Resources Ministry in 2012, it is expected that in the New Year the Government will focus on giving a push to water sector reforms. With …
The International Court of Arbitration has completed hearing closing arguments of India and Pakistan on the contentious Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (KHEP). The final award on the 300-MW hydro-power project on the Kishanganga river -- a tributary of Jhelum -- is expected in six months. It will then become clear whether …
A flood alarm has been sounded in the Kashmir valley as the water level rose in the Jhelum river after heavy rains lashed the region incessantly for the last three days. The river, which navigates through the entire length of the Valley, has swelled dangerously over the last 24 hours …
SRINAGAR, Sep 6: While the ever increasing water pollution and poor sanitation arrangements has emerged as the major concern in Jammu and Kashmir state, the state government has failed to conduct any survey or study to make an assessment of chemical and bio-diversity indicators causing pollutions to the water bodies. …
India and Pakistan have concluded their arguments in the dispute over the 330-MW hydro-electric project on Kishenganga, a tributary of the Jhelum in Jammu & Kashmir. Islamabad claimed that the project will harm its share of river waters while New Delhi asserted that it was contemplating such a project even …
In what is being seen here as yet another attempt by Pakistan to whip up anti-India sentiment on water-related issues, reports emerging from Islamabad on Sunday said Pakistan has asked India not to fill water in the Nimoo Bazgo dam on the Indus river in Leh district of Jammu and …
Pakistan has objected to India's move to fill the Nimoo-Bazgo dam in Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that it could cut off Islamabad's share of water from the Indus river. India had informed the Pakistan government that the dam had been completed and was going to be filled. "We have asked …
A s the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian labourers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the world's most heavily militarised borders into Pakistan. The hum of excavators echoes through …
SRINAGAR: Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din alongwith Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar today inaugurated the augmentation of water supply from Rangil plant to fort area at Pokhribal water treatment plant which has come at a cost of Rs. 42 crore. Addressing …
The Planning Commission has projected 292 per cent increase in the cost of 969 MW Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project to Rs 331 billion from original cost of Rs 84.5 billion approved in 2002 due to poor planning by Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda). Official documents available with Business Recorder …
Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has urged the government to take immediate notice of Indian efforts of buying carbon credits for its seven hydropower projects to be built on Sindh, Chenab and Jhelum rivers. The Board said that this effort of India is aimed at to give legal cover to its …
A high-level team of water commissioners from India and Pakistan and members of the International Court of Arbitration on Thursday inspected the 330-megawatt Kishanganga Hydro Power Project in north Kashmir's Bandipura district. The seven-member team, including a hydrologist, reached Gurez where they inspected the proposed dam site near Malik Kadal, …
Although Pakistan has opened up its borders for enhanced trade with India, water disputes remain unresolved which several analysts, including US officials as noted in Wikileaks, believe may well be the reason for a war between the two countries. India has already announced it would complete 330-megawatt Kishanganga hydroelectric project …
The present study was conducted for the time period of one year (April, 2009- March 2010) with an aim to find out the physico-chemical nature of water at different sites of River Jehlum in order to access the physical properties and chemical nature of its water and the impact of …
To generate 37.5 MW, irrigate 8,742 hectares in Mendhar tehsil Poonch: After facing a delay for more than two decades, the government has finally started work on the 37.5 MW Parnai Hydroelectric project. The work on the project was stopped in 1990s after the eruption of militancy in the state. …
The World Bank will provide about $850 million for the Tarbela 4th Extension Project, which is expected to be completed in four years and generate 1,410MW additional electricity. This was stated by Wapda Member (Water) Syed Raghib Abbas Shah while addressing a delegation of Pakistan Navy War College here. After …
No Objection Certificate` (NoC) given by Azad Jammu and Kashmir Environmental Protection Agency (AJK-EPA) to Wapda for construction of Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHP) would be key issue of agreement between AJK government and Wapda on the project, it was learnt on Wednesday. AJK-EPA issued the certificate or `conditional environmental approval` …
The Indus Water Treaty has now become ineffective as India is continuously violating all clauses of the treaty and Pakistan is not challenging them at any international forum by tacit approbation. International Water Expert Engr Bashir Malik, who has served United Nations and World Bank as chief technical adviser on …
Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) claimed on Monday that India has allocated billions of rupees for a project to divert Chenab River for its usage and depriving Pakistan from its share of water. KBP President, Sardar Zafar Hussein Khan, in a statement alleged that the Pakistan's government was playing the role …
