In what is being seen here as yet another attempt by Pakistan to whip up anti-India sentiment on water-related issues, reports eme-rging from Islamabad on Sunday said Pakistan has asked India not to fill water in the Nimoo Bazgo dam on the Indus river in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir.
However, a top government official here said on Sunday that they were yet to receive any objection from Pakistan. The dam, a 45 MW hydel project on the Indus, is covered by the Indus Waters Treaty between the two countries. Pakistani authorities fear the dam will reduce water inflows. It’s significant that Pakistani unhappiness with the Nimoo Bazgo project has resurfaced just as the two countries await the final verdict of the International Court of Arbitration on the Kishan-ganga hydropower project.