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Sunday, September 25, 2011
ICA bars India from permanent construction on Kishangaga DamISLAMABAD: The International Court of Arbitration (ICA) has restrained India from any permanent construction or works on or above the Kishanganga/Neelum River bed at the Gurez site.
The ICA passed a unanimous Order on Pakistan’s Application for Interim Measures on the construction of the Kishanganga Dam being built by India in Indian-held Kashmir. The ICA unanimously ruled that:
1) India shall not proceed with the construction of any permanent works on or above the Kishanganga/Neelum River bed at the Gurez site that may inhibit the restoration of the flow of the river to its natural channel.
2) Pakistan and India shall arrange for periodic joint inspections of the Dam site at Gurez in order to monitor the implementation of the court’s order. Pakistan had submitted an application for interim measures to the ICA. In its application, Pakistan had sought:
a) A stop work Order;
b) An Order that any steps India has taken or may take in respect of the KHEP (Kishanganga Hydro Electric Project) are taken at its own risk without prejudice to the possibility that the court may order that the works may not be continued, be modified or dismantled.
c) That India be ordered to inform the court and Pakistan of any imminent and actual developments on the dam that may adversely affect the restoring of the status quo ante or that may jeopardise Pakistan’s rights and interests under the treaty;
d) Any further relief the court considered necessary. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk