Pakistan moves international court to stall Kishenganga power project
HAGU
E: Pakistan has filed a petition in the Court of Arbitration (CoA), The Hague, seeking an order to ask India to put on hold construction on the Kishenganga project in north Kashmir till the final decision of the court.
Constructed by the National Hydel Power Corporation at Gurez, close to the LoC, the 330Mw hydroelectric project has been dogged in controversies. Pakistan wanted it should not come up, the militancy added to the indecision of the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir. The Rs3642.04 crore project is scheduled to be completed by 2015.
According to sources in the ministry of water and power, a seven-member Pakistani delegation headed by Kamal Majidullah, special assistant to the Prime Minister, will attend the hearing of the CoA at The Hague on August 25 where India would also turn up to defend the continuation of the construction work on the Kishenganga project.
Sources said Pakistan’s legal team would present its case seeking a stay on the ongoing construction work on the project till the final verdict of the court.
All the members of the CoA visited the Neelum-Jehlum project in Pakistan and Kishenganga project in India in June to assess as to how much construction has been completed.
Copyright NNI (News Network International), 2011
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