Treaty India, Pakistan will have two-day exchanges
India and Pakistan will continue their discussions on different parts of the Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore on Wednesday, the principal two-sided commitment since Imran Khan accepting office as Prime Minister.
India's Indus Water Commissioner P.K. Saxena was relied upon to reach here on Monday for the exchanges with his Pakistani partner, Syed Mehr Ali Shah, on August 29 and 30, said the Pakistani day by day Dawn , citing an administration official.
The last gathering of the Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission was held in New Delhi in March, amid which the two sides had shared points of interest of the water stream and the quantum of water being utilized under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
Pakistan's protests
The Pakistani side will repeat its complaints more than two water-stockpiling and hydroelectric ventures being worked by India amid the discussions.
The authority said Pakistan would raise its worries over the 1000-MW Pakal Dul and the 48-MW Lower Kalnai hydroelectric ventures on the Chenab waterway.
The session is additionally anticipated that would talk about ways and means for the auspicious and smooth sharing of hydro-logical information on shared waterways.
The authority said the opposite sides would finish the calendar of future gatherings of the Permanent Indus Commission and visits of the groups of the Indus chiefs.
He said the water magistrates of Pakistan and India were required to meet two times per year and mastermind specialized visits to extend destinations and basic stream head works, however Pakistan had been confronting a considerable measure of issues in auspicious gatherings and visits. The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, expedited by the World Bank and marked by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and previous Pakistan President Ayub Khan, directs how the waters of the Indus River and its tributaries that stream in both the nations will be used.
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