India proposes amendment to Indus Water Treaty.

ISLAMABAD -- India has proposed amendment to the Indus Water Treaty 1960 through intergovernmental negotiations between Islamabad and New Delhi. In a letter written to Pakistan, India has proposed to enter into inter-governmental negotiations for amendment in the Indus Water Treaty 1960 within 90 days, an official source in the Ministry of Water Resources confirmed to The Nation yesterday. India has proposed amendment in the treaty, saying there is a deadlock in the resolution mechanism of water dispute under the Indus Water Treaty after dispute for the last five years, said the sources.

The sources said that currently a Pakistani delegation, headed by the Secretary Water Resources and comprising Pakistan's commissioner of Indus Waters, and other concerned officials is in The Hague for the first hearing by the Court of Arbitration over the design of two controversial hydro projects being constructed by India on Jhelum and Chenab rivers. Pakistan has raised objection to the controversial designs of the 330 MW Kishenganga and 850 MW Ratle Hydropower projects, which are being constructed on Jhelum and Chenab rivers respectively.

ISLAMABAD: India has proposed amendment to the Indus Water Treaty 1960 through intergovernmental negotiations...