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...that Salal Project, having a potential of 680 mw, was providing nearly 40 mw, while Uri (480 mw) Baglihar hydo-electric power project is providing 450 mw and Dullhasti Power Project providing 400 mw. However, things were comparatively better in Uri as it was...
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Merinews
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15768307&catID=2&category=India
TopNews'Indian water terrorism' greater threat than Taliban: PakistanTopNews, India"Pakistan's efforts for sorting out contentious issues about Baglihar Dam and Kishan Ganga Hydro Power project have failed, therefore government should approach International Court of Justice," he added. (ANI)
http://www.topnews.in/indian-water-terrorism-greater-threat-taliban-pakistan-2162029
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...2007. "Every project has its own nature ... India must not apply the decision in the Baglihar Dam dispute to the Kishanganga project." Pakistan has been opposing the construction of the Kishanganga hydropower project on Ganga River in Kashmir, which is called...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/World/20090505/1245460.html
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...that the ruling National Conference (NC) has handed over the fully operational Baglihar power project to NHPC, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today said that Jammu and Kashmir has suffered huge losses due to Indus Water Treaty...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090504/1244812.html
TopNewsPak to approach World Bank to resolve Kishanganga dispute with IndiaTopNews, IndiaAbout Baglihar Dam, he said a neutral expert resolved the issue in 2007. "Every project has its own nature ... India must not apply the decision in the Baglihar Dam dispute to the Kishanganga project." Pakistan has been opposing the construction of the ...
http://www.topnews.in/pak-approach-world-bank-resolve-kishanganga-dispute-india-2161342
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...result”, he said. Mufti said Omar Abdullah had gone a step ahead of his father in handing over the fully operational Baghlihar power project to NHPC within the first two months of assuming office. He said earlier Dr Farooq Abdullah had gifted seven power projects...
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GroundReport
http://www.groundreport.com/World/NC-Govt-gifted-Baglihar-power-project-to-NHPC-Muft_2
PakTribune.comGrabbing Water ResourcesPakTribune.com, PakistanAccording to Pakistan India is withholding millions of cubic feet of water upstream in Indian-administered Kashmir and storing it in the massive Baglihar dam in order to produce hydro-electricity. A treaty known as Indus Waters Treaty was signed ...
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=214218
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...Policy, which prescribes rehabilitation and resettlement measures, also does not apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. ''More than 50 per cent power from Baglihar is to be consumed locally when the project is declared commercial,'' the spokesman added....
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090315/1198872.html
epic and the legend of Sohni Mahiwal. This river has been in the news of late due to the steps taken by the Indian government to build a number of hydro power dams along its length (in India) most notably the Baglihar hydel power project(expected time of completion 2008). This is a result of the Indus Basin Project. These planned projects on Chenab have been hotly contested by Pakistan which says that India is breaking the terms and clauses of the Indus water treaty by storing and channellings ...
epic and the legend of Sohni Mahiwal. This river has been in the news of late due to the steps taken by the Indian government to build a number of hydro power dams along its length (in India) most notably the Baglihar hydel power project(expected time of completion 2008). This is a result of the Indus Basin Project. These planned projects on Chenab have been hotly contested by Pakistan which says that India is breaking the terms and clauses of the Indus water treaty by storing and channellings ...
epic and the legend of Sohni Mahiwal. This river has been in the news of late due to the steps taken by the Indian government to build a number of hydro power dams along its length (in India) most notably the Baglihar hydel power project(expected time of completion 2008). This is a result of the Indus Basin Project. These planned projects on Chenab have been hotly contested by Pakistan which says that India is breaking the terms and clauses of the Indus water treaty by storing and channellings ...
epic and the legend of Sohni Mahiwal. This river has been in the news of late due to the steps taken by the Indian government to build a number of hydro power dams along its length (in India) most notably the Baglihar hydel power project(expected time of completion 2008). This is a result of the Indus Basin Project. These planned projects on Chenab have been hotly contested by Pakistan which says that India is breaking the terms and clauses of the Indus water treaty by storing and channellings ...
epic and the legend of Sohni Mahiwal. This river has been in the news of late due to the steps taken by the Indian government to build a number of hydro power dams along its length (in India) most notably the Baglihar hydel power project(expected time of completion 2008). This is a result of the Indus Basin Project. These planned projects on Chenab have been hotly contested by Pakistan which says that India is breaking the terms and clauses of the Indus water treaty by storing and channellings ...
epic and the legend of Sohni Mahiwal. This river has been in the news of late due to the steps taken by the Indian government to build a number of hydro power dams along its length (in India) most notably the Baglihar hydel power project(expected time of completion 2008). This is a result of the Indus Basin Project. These planned projects on Chenab have been hotly contested by Pakistan which says that India is breaking the terms and clauses of the Indus water treaty by storing and channellings ...
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...here on a two-day visit to the state amid tight security, pressed a remote button to inaugurate the power project. The Baglihar power project, work on which started in 1999, has remained a bone of contention between India and Pakistan with Islamabad objecting...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20081010/1075125.html
10 (ANI): Separatist leaders on Thursday called for a shutdown in Kashmir on Saturday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the troubled region. During his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Singh will inaugurate the controversial Baglihar power project and flag off the first train in Kashmir valley. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Kashmir dispute cannot be resolved by talks between India and Pakistan alone. Singh and Asif Ali Zardari have decided to resume their strained peace process. ... ANI News ...
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...By Binoo Joshi, Jammu, Oct 9 : Geologists in Jammu and Kashmir have questioned the safety of the 900-MW Baglihar hydroelectric power project across the Chenab river that is to be inaugurated Friday, as 'it is built over an active geological fault'....
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New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-30932.html
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... In 2005, Pakistan had sought the World Bank's intervention to stop construction of the Baglihar dam and the hydroelectricity power project. An expert appointed by the World Bank had allowed India to go ahead with the project after a few minor modifications. The...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/World/20081007/1072809.html
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...a "win-win" situation for both India and Pakistan, J-K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the first phase of the 450 mw power project will be completed by December end after reducing the dam height. "We welcome that the recommendations of the World...
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Malaysia Sun
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http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/6922433/
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...first phase by December-end, and also start work for the second phase immediately (thereafter)." The completion of the Baglihar project would be a landmark in hydro-power development in J-K and the project would eradicate the power crisis in the State, he...
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Islamic Republic News Agency
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http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0702136004192759.htm
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...situation for both India and Pakistan, J-K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said the first phase of the 450 mw power project will be completed by December end after reducing the dam height. "We welcome that the recommendations of the World Bank neutral...
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Expressindia.com
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http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=81325
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...has welcomed the World Bank's verdict on the Baglihar hydropower project. 'Nation' quoted Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi as saying last night here that in his verdict, neutral expert Prof Raymond Lafitte declared that Baglihar project was a...
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Webindia123
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http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/Asia/20070213/591005.html
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...February 12, 2007 at 1747 hours IST Switzerland, February 12: A World Bank-appointed neutral expert cleared the Baglihar Power Project over river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir but asked India to reduce the height of the dam by one and half metre, one of the...
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Expressindia.com
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http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=81259
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...any judgement outside the parameters of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) by the World Bank’s (WB) neutral expert on the Baglihar Hydro Power Project. ''We accept him (neutral expert) to abide by the treaty,'' Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam told a press...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/Asia/20061211/534274.html
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...the flow of water in any way. Following the failure to sort out differences on the proposed design of the 450-megawatt Baglihar Hydropower Project, the WB had appointed a neutral expert, Raymond Lafitte. He visited the project site besides holding meetings...
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1062011

