In river-rich Jammu and Kashmir, which has an estimated hydel power potential of around 20,000 megawatts, the spotlight is back on the 624 mega-watts Kiru hydroelectric project over the Chenab River in Kishtwar district, albeit for the wrong reasons. The union territory’s former governor Satya Pal Malik had claimed in October 2011 that he was offered ₹300 crores to clear …
India announced on Friday that it wants to modify the 62-year-old Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, citing what it called Pakistan’s “intransigence” in resolving disputes over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects, both in Jammu and Kashmir. The sources said that Pakistan’s move to push the World Bank for a Court of Arbitration ran counter to the pre-existing channel of …
Sometime around the end of last month, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs sanctioned 4526 crore rupees to construct the 540 MW Kwar hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district by Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt. The backdrop to these developments is the Indus Water Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 to share the waters of six …
The Indus Commissioners of India and Pakistan will meet here on March 23 and 24 to discuss a host of issues, including Islamabad's concerns to the design of Indian hydropower projects on the Chenab River, a top official said on Sunday. "The meeting will take place in New Delhi on March 23-24," P K Saxena, India's Indus Commissioner, told PTI. …
The Uttarakhand glacier disaster has sparked off fears hundreds of kilometres away. Residents of the Lahaul-Spiti region in Himachal Pradesh are up against proposed power projects in the ecologically fragile Chenab basin. The Himachal Pradesh government has already allocated several power projects in the Chenab basin. Concerned by the Chamoli mishap, residents of Tandi and Goshal panchayats held a meeting …