India can divert only minimum water from Kishanganga: tribunal

[Bang Galore]

This is a neutral source:

International court sides with Indian hydroelectric plant developer in Neelum River dispute

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has upheld India's right to divert water from a Neelum River tributary for its 330-MW Kishanganga hydropower project.

Indian's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) started developing the Kishanganga plant in 2006, before awarding contracts for its construction to the HCC-Halcrow Consortium in 2009.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has progressed in its plans to develop the 969-MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower plant, which would also be located downstream from the Kishanganga on the same river system.

Fearing that India's Kishanganga might reduce the capacity of its Neelum-Jhelum plant by diverting water, Pakistan asked the neutral PCA to resolve the conflict under provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty in 2010.

The court -- located in The Hague -- ruled, however, that India was adhering to the treaty.

Treaty stipulates that the country which completes its project first will have priority rights to the river's waters, HydroWorld.com has previously reported.


International court sides with Indian hydroelectric plant developer in Neelum River dispute - HydroWorld

 

[KRAIT]

Wouldn't have mattered even if the decision was against us.

After all national interest comes first.

 

[Rocky25]

LOL this is Hindu theory that it has win.........

BTW it is Pak's stand not yrs.
u only do what suits u.

Look don't bring religion into water related issues... I consider that 'Love is God'. I have Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jain, Parsi, Jewish friends....

All religions preach peace! I will not go to your level and speak ill about another religion! So like sex, keep you religion behind closed doors.

On topic... Nope it is the truth's theory that has won... And it will win in the end with flying colors!

 

[FarazUSA]

Look don't bring religion into water related issues... I consider that 'Love is God'. I have Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jain, Parsi, Jewish friends....

All religions preach peace! I will not go to your level and speak ill about another religion! So like sex, keep you religion behind closed doors.

On topic... Nope it is the truth's theory that has won... And it will win in the end with flying colors!

I think by "Hindu" he meant the newspaper and not religion.

 

[Rocky25]

I think by "Hindu" he meant the newspaper and not religion.

I bet he didn't... I have seen this guy attacking non-Muslim religions ALL the time!

 

[Bobby]

Indian water thief program at its full swing..... Thanks for making Dams one day Inshallah we will Capture IOK and these dams will be ours... keep building more and more.....

keep dreaming without water

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Look don't bring religion into water related issues... I consider that 'Love is God'. I have Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jain, Parsi, Jewish friends....

All religions preach peace! I will not go to your level and speak ill about another religion! So like sex, keep you religion behind closed doors.

On topic... Nope it is the truth's theory that has won... And it will win in the end with flying colors!

It is yr theory not ours........

Just like yr claimed victory.

 

[Sukh Jatt]

Pakistani media can not believe that they lost to 'Hindu' India in this case !

They somehow want to paint Win over a total loss! just like Kargil war

Dude what is Hindu India?
I think it's my country too??

Indian water thief program at its full swing..... Thanks for making Dams one day Inshallah we will Capture IOK and these dams will be ours... keep building more and more.....

Finding victory in defeat..the Pakistani way!

 

[The_magnificent]

Indian water thief program at its full swing..... Thanks for making Dams one day Inshallah we will Capture IOK and these dams will be ours... keep building more and more.....

We have made like 40+ dams. in time of emergency they will be blown up. na rahega kashmir na bachega pakistan. Direct sabko 72 mil jaayengi

Kuch nai milne wala. N it also gives India capacity to store water of pakistan n can keep pak thristy for months at the time needed

 

[rubyjackass]

The court reiterated all the points which the Indian side presented. It is a complete Indian victory. In fact, Pakistani gov is trying to save face by making up words like 'partial award' and what not!!

The result seems to be midway as it is often in such cases. The current award is partial in the sense that the arbitrator will see the water flow figures and then decide how much water India is allowed to draw. Pakistan's case that India should not be allowed to divert any water at all is lost. India lost a second technical issue which prohibits India from going with the current measures to desilt the dam.

The express tribune headline is not true. From Hindu, it seems that there will be a limit on the maximum water India can divert. Not that India can divert only minimum amount.

If you go pointwise, then, of the two issues raised by Pakistan, Pakistan won 1.5 India won 0.5. The 0.5 India won is important because Pakistan's claim was that India should not even build such a dam which diverts water from one tributary to another.

 

[notsuperstitious]

Guys this is the perfect award, BOTH parties won apprently. This is eutopian, everybody is happy, like Kargil. This is time to celebrate not fight.

Now everyone cool down and have a glass of water! Oops Pakistanis you have a glass of cola

 

[Bang Galore]

PCA’s decision on KHEP in favour of India

Pakistan to get 16% less water, 13% reduced power


ISLAMABAD: The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) decision against Pakistan would result in 16 percent less availability of water to Pakistan and some 13 percent reduction in power generation from the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project being constructed in Pakistan, official sources informed here on Wednesday.

PCA gave its decision on Kishanganga Hydropower project on Monday night allowing Indian authorities to construct the hydropower project with NOC.

The PCA in Hague, Holland on Monday issued its 201 pages decision, which described that after detailed review of the documents provided by both parties (India-Pakistan) and number of hearings conducted by the court, allowed India to construct its 330 megawatts (MW) run-of-river Kishanganga project with no further restriction.

According to the copy of judgement, it was revealed that Pakistan team dealing with this particular high-level case failed to satisfy the court and the court allowed Indian authorities to continue work. The seven-member PCA hearing chaired by Judge Stephen M Schwebel United States, former President of the International Court of Justice, in the judgement maintained that Kishenganga Hydroelectric Project (KHEP) constitutes a run-of-river plant under the Indus Water Treaty, and India may accordingly divert water from the Kishenganga/Neelum River for power generation by the KHEP in the manner envisaged. However, when operating the KHEP, India is under an obligation to maintain a minimum flow of water in the Kishenganga/Neelum River, at a rate to be determined by the court in final award.

Moreover, except in the case of an unforeseen emergency, the treaty does not permit India’s reduction below ‘dead storage level’ of the water level in the reservoirs of run-of-river plants located on the rivers allocated to Pakistan under the treaty.

A senior expert of the Ministry of Water and Power informed that controversial KHEP could cause up to 14 percent decrease in water of Neelum River, which would turn the cultivable area of Muzaffarabad into a barren land. He was speaking on the condition of anonymity because officials were not allowed to share the details of the meeting.

The diversion of Neelum River’s water by India’s controversial KHEP can treacherously decrease the water availability in Neelum River by 14 percent, which will consequently cause Pakistan an annual loss of $321 million. The catchment area at Kishanganga dam site is roughly 1,820 square kilometres, and annual average flow is 115,900 cusecs. By diverting this flow towards a tributary, named Bunar Madumati Nullah, of Jhelum River, through a 22-km-tunnel, would be a clear violation of the Article (Clause) 1V-3-c of the IWT. This diversion will increase the catchment area of the Jhelum River.

Increase in catchment area of river Jhelum tributary will increase the flow in tributary, that will cause material damage due to adverse effects arising from flood-like situation like erosion of agriculture land along both sides of Jhelum River tributary. During the crucial two-week-long hearing, which was conducted on August 20, Indian authorities strongly defended their posture, however the Pakistani side could not provide evidence to strengthen its position in the case.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[KRAIT]

Reduce water by 14% and loss of $ 321 million. That's too much.

 

[agamdilawari]

indian have not damocrasy

And you don't need to rape English

 

[indiatester]

Reduce water by 14% and loss of $ 321 million. That's too much.

That is not entirely true.

India emphasized that the KHEP will divert less than 1% of the total volume of waters of the Western Rivers. Thus, despite operation of the KHEP, during the high flow season the N-JHEP would receive a volume of water in excess of its maximum discharge capacity. During the lean season, the N-JHEP could be operated by using the water from the numerous tributaries that flow into the Kishenganga/Neelum River between the KHEP and N-JHEP dam sites; in fact, during this period of the year the N-JHEP would receive more water than the KHEP itself.

India added that any adverse effect to hydro-electric power generation by the N-JHEP would be mitigated by the release of water during the lean season from the storage work which Pakistan intends to construct on the Kishenganga/Neelum River at Dudhnial between the KHEP and the N-JHEP. Any adverse effects to the N-JHEP would also be set off, in India’s view, by the benefits Pakistan’s projected Kohala hydro-electric plant would derive from increased flow in the Jhelum River resulting
from the diversion of the Kishenganga/Neelum’s waters by the KHEP.