Pakistan to go to WB for water compensation from India: Pakistan Link

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will go to the World Bank (WB) to seek compensation from India for reduced water flow in the Chenab River and design defects in Baglihar Dam, Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah said on Wednesday. Shah reiterated that Pakistan had demanded water, not monetary compensation, from India for the losses incurred due to decreased water flow in the Chenab. He said both countries had exchanged data about the water flow in the Chenab River during his recent visit to India, but India had objected to the data compiled by Pakistan and asked for a visit to Marala Headworks for inspecting the water flow. The commissioner said Pakistan has authorised India to visit Marala, adding that a demand for compensation for the water losses and an assurance of honouring the Indus Water Treaty in the future has also been put up.

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‘Pakistan to move WB against India over water issue’: Pakistan Link

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will go to the World Bank (WB) to seek compensation from India for obstructing water flow in the Chenab River and design defects in Baglihar Dam, Indus Water Commissioner (IWC) Jamaat Ali Shah said on Saturday. He was talking to Indian reporters at the Indra Gandhi Airport before leaving for Pakistan. He said he had visited the Doda district in Indian-held Kashmir and found several defects in Baglihar Dam. Shah said India had taken 200,000 cusecs of Pakistani water in September ‘in utter violation of the set laws’, hurting Pakistan’s Kharif crops. The two rounds of talks had ended inconclusively, he said, adding India was sticking to its ‘traditional obduracy and inflexibility’. “Talks were held with the Indian officials at length, but I am not satisfied.”

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