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| `Spill gates must for all power projects in J&K to check silt flow’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu,August 10: ):-India has conveyed to Pakistan that the hydel projects being constructed on the Jehlum, Chenab and the Indus in Jammu and Kashmir were not aimed at starving Pakistan of water flow from these three rivers.
Official sources said that Delhi has rejected Pakistan Indus Water Commissioner, Jamaat Ali Shah's, contention that for India there was no need for building gates on run-of-the river power projects. While rejecting Pakistan's charge Indian experts have stated that building gates had become standard feature of the most modern run-of-the river power projects. These experts have explained to Pakistan that since the Jehlum, the Indus and the Chenab carry a lot of silt spill gates are constructed to prevent this silt from flowing into the dams constructed for each hydel project.
According to these experts, once silt was allowed to flow into the dams the dams will get filled up with it thereby reducing the potential of the projects and later could lead to the closure of the power plants.
Pakistan has also been told that the 1960 Indus Water Treaty allows India to construt run-of-the river projects on the Indus,the Jehlum and the Chenab rivers. This has been confirmed by the report of the arbitrator on 450 MW Baglihar power project phase I. Pakistan Indus Water Commission has also been told that India continued to honour the spirit of the Indus Water Treaty as the provisions of the Treaty has imposed ban on storing water of these three rivers.
New Delhi has expressed deep dismay over the way Pakistan has decided to drag India into a legal battle over the co ruction of the 330 MW Kishenganga power project in north Kashmir. Since Delhi had apprehensions about the Pak plan India has ear marked Rs.30 crore for meeting the expenses that may be incurred on engaging legal experts for arguing on behalf of India.
Pakistan had moved the World Bank for seeking arbitration on the 450 MW Baglihar power project and the arbitrator, a Swiss engineer, had rejected Pakistan's objections and simply had
recommended slight modification of the design of the project by reducing the height of the dam.
India has also conveyed to Pakistan that the level of water in the Indus, Chenab and the jehlum had, over the years, declined because of poor discharge from the sources and on account of high growth of population.This could have been the only factor responsible for drop in the flow of water into Pakistan.India has asked Pakistan to find out other alternatives because dependence on the flow of water from Indus, Chenab and the Jehlum cold not be sufficient for Pakistan in view of equally high r ate of population growth. It has also requested Islamabad not to raise hurdles in the construction and completion of the power projects.
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