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World's highest arch bridge to link Kashmir to India
1 day, 2 hours ago

World's highest arch bridge to link Kashmir to India

Deccan Chronicle  

Srinagar: The Katra-Banihal rail section, which includes the world’s highest arch bridge over the Chenab, is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on January 26. This section is considered one of the great engineering marvels, highlighted by the Chenab Bridge, which is 725 metres long and built 359 metres above the river. Another notable structure in this section …

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Explained: Indus Waters Treaty and why India is right to ask for a review
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Explained: Indus Waters Treaty and why India is right to ask for a review

Hindustan Times  

It was recently reported that India had formally notified Pakistan to “review” and “modify” the Indus Waters Treaty under Article XII of the treaty. Indus Waters’ Treaty and Rising Disputes The IWT was signed between India, Pakistan and the World Bank in September 1960 to ensure equitable distribution of river water resources between India and Pakistan, especially within the erstwhile …

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Explained: Indus Waters Treaty and why India is right to ask for a review
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Explained: Indus Waters Treaty and why India is right to ask for a review

Hindustan Times  

In this regard, these existing issues may be first discussed at length at the track 1, 1.5, and 2 levels before a formal assessment is made and the treaty may be reviewed and modified. Indus Waters’ Treaty and Rising Disputes It was recently reported that India had formally notified Pakistan to “review” and “modify” the Indus Waters Treaty under Article …

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Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint?
3 months ago

Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint?

Al Jazeera  

India wants to renegotiate the 64-year-old pact that has withstood four wars, and under which the neighbours split water from six Himalayan rivers. While India hasn’t clarified what specific changes it wants to be made to the treaty, many analysts believe New Delhi will seek terms that make it easier than now to develop hydropower and other infrastructure on the …

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Plans to connect Kashmir with rest of India through rail pushed to July
10 months ago

Plans to connect Kashmir with rest of India through rail pushed to July

The Hindu  

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a newly electrified railway line between Baramulla and Sangaldan in Jammu and Kashmir, his ambition to connect Kashmir via rail to the rest of India may well have to wait for a few more months, as the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project has been delayed due to infrastructural snags. With the Lok Sabha election …

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Cross the boulders in the Indus Waters Treaty
1 year, 3 months ago

Cross the boulders in the Indus Waters Treaty

The Hindu  

The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, which has again become a source of contention between India and Pakistan, considerably encapsulates the principle of equitable allocation rather than the principle of appreciable harm. Consequently, Pakistan went to the World Bank accusing India of violating the IWT and the court’s verdict. India’s stand On July 6, 2023, the Permanent …

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More than court action, revisit the Indus Waters Treaty
1 year, 5 months ago

More than court action, revisit the Indus Waters Treaty

The Hindu  

The Indus Waters Treaty, or IWT, that regulates the Indus water courses between the two riparian states of India and Pakistan, is cited by many as an example of cooperation between two unfriendly neighbours for many reasons. But in the last decade, exercising judicial recourse to settle the competing claims and objections arising out of the construction and design elements …

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Video: 9th International Yoga Day celebrated on world's highest railway bridge in J&K
1 year, 6 months ago

Video: 9th International Yoga Day celebrated on world's highest railway bridge in J&K

Hindustan Times  

The 9th International Yoga Day was celebrated worldwide with various unique styles, attracting a large number of participants on Wednesday. In Jammu and Kashmir, the celebrations reached new heights as a Yoga session was held on the Chenab railway bridge, the world's highest, situated in the Reasi district. Children during a Yoga session at Chenab railway bridge, Jammu and Kashmir …

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Non-bailable warrants issued against 23 active militants from Chenab Valley’s Kishtwar in J&K
1 year, 7 months ago

Non-bailable warrants issued against 23 active militants from Chenab Valley’s Kishtwar in J&K

The Hindu  

Non-bailable warrants were issued against 23 militants hailing from the Chenab Valley’s Kishtwar district and operating from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Wednesday in J&K. “Upon the request of the Kishtwar Police, the NIA, Special Court, Jammu, issued non-bailable warrants against 23 terrorists who hail from Kishtwar but they are settled and operating from Pakistan and PoK,” a police …

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India sends notice to Pakistan to amend 1960 Indus Water Treaty
1 year, 10 months ago

India sends notice to Pakistan to amend 1960 Indus Water Treaty

The Hindu  

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 …

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Why did India send notice to Pakistan over Indus Waters Treaty?
1 year, 10 months ago

Why did India send notice to Pakistan over Indus Waters Treaty?

India Today  

India issued a notice to Pakistan on January 25 accusing its neighbour of being “intransigent” on the implementation of the Indus Waters Treaty. In 1960, India and Pakistan signed the Indus Waters Treaty with the World Bank as a signatory of the pact. Under the treaty, India got control over the rivers Beas, Ravi and Sutlej while Pakistan gained control …

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Indian flag waves atop golden joint at world's highest railway bridge on Chenab
2 years, 4 months ago

Indian flag waves atop golden joint at world's highest railway bridge on Chenab

Hindustan Times  

The Ministry of Railways has recently taken to its official Twitter handle to share a video of the world's highest railway bridge on Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. Several national flags of India can be seen waving atop the golden joint at the world's highest railway bridge on Chenab. "Our national pride flying high at the world's highest railway arch …

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An enduring agreement bridging India-Pakistan ties
2 years, 6 months ago

An enduring agreement bridging India-Pakistan ties

The Hindu  

The Indus Waters Treaty is an established water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan to use water in the Indus and its tributaries. Following the 118th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission comprising the Indus Commissioners of India and Pakistan held on May 30-31, 2022 in New Delhi, it is important to reflect on the struggles and the high stakes that …

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India is All Set to Harness Hydropower With Eye on the China-Pakistan Axis
2 years, 6 months ago

India is All Set to Harness Hydropower With Eye on the China-Pakistan Axis

News 18  

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 …

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Modi@8: Statues, temples, bridges, tunnel — the many architectural marvels of Narendra Modi’s India
2 years, 7 months ago

Modi@8: Statues, temples, bridges, tunnel — the many architectural marvels of Narendra Modi’s India

Firstpost  

In his eight years, Narendra Modi has initiated many architectural initiatives — from the Statue of Unity to the upcoming new Parliament building. Adi Shankaracharya statue On the morning of 5 November 2021, ahead of the Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 12-foot high statue of Guru Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath. pic.twitter.com/niV2Gg2Hd9 — Narendra Modi November 5, 2021 …

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Pakistan raises objections to PM Modi's Kashmir visit, says was a 'direct contravention' of Indus Waters Treaty
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan raises objections to PM Modi's Kashmir visit, says was a 'direct contravention' of Indus Waters Treaty

Firstpost  

PM Modi, on Sunday, laid the foundation stone of the Rattle and Kwar hydroelectric projects and hydroelectric project to be built on the Chenab river in Kashmir Islamabad: Pakistan has objected to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kashmir and laying of foundation stones for the construction of the Rattle and Kwar hydroelectric projects on the Chenab river, which it …

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Why Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Project with Longest Tunnel is an Engineering Marvel
2 years, 8 months ago

Why Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Project with Longest Tunnel is an Engineering Marvel

News 18  

India is expected to get the railway bridge that will connect the Kashmir valley to the rest of the country. Major Benefits • Integration of Kashmir valley and other frontier areas by rail with the main landmass of the country, ending historical isolation • Economic development of the people of the region • Positive impact on the environment as Railways …

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What is the Indus Waters Treaty and why is India seeking its modification?
2 years, 9 months ago

What is the Indus Waters Treaty and why is India seeking its modification?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a notice to Pakistan on January 25, India said that it has been compelled to call for the ‘modification’ of the 63-year-old Indus Waters Treaty owing to Pakistan’s persistent objections regarding India’s Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects in Kashmir. While Pakistan has rights over the waters of Jhelum, Chenab and Indus, Annexure C of the …

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Closing the gaps: Ten iconic bridges and how they’re changing India
3 years, 3 months ago

Closing the gaps: Ten iconic bridges and how they’re changing India

Hindustan Times  

The way Vinay Gupta, president of the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers, sees it, Independent India is living through its golden age of bridge-building. “People travel over these marvels every day, never once realising their role in holding India together.” In Kashmir, the world’s highest rail bridge:Chenab River Bridge, under construction It doesn’t have a name yet. With its bright …

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Indus Commissioners of India, Pak to meet in New Delhi on March 23-24
3 years, 9 months ago

Indus Commissioners of India, Pak to meet in New Delhi on March 23-24

India TV News  

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. …

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Complete Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link by August 2022, J&K LG asks Railways
4 years, 4 months ago

Complete Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link by August 2022, J&K LG asks Railways

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir railway link project between Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla, a 272-km railway line being built at Rs 27,949 crore is one of the most challenging projects Indian Railways has undertaken. The upcoming railway route will Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link | Key highlights Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has also directed railways to connect Rajouri-Poonch and Kupwara region in Kashmir with the rail link. …

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