ICA allows India to construct Kishanganga Dam

HAGUE: International Court of Arbitration (ICA) has allowed India to build Kishanganga Dam in the occupied Kashmir, however, the neighnouring country has been ordered to provide half of the dam’s water to Pakistan.

Pakistan has received the verdict of ICA over Kishanganga Hydroelectric project case.

The court also ruled that India can not take the water on a very low level in the dam.

Pakistan had objected to the construction of the Kishanganga project, which is called Neelum River in Pakistan.

India’s 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project would affect Pakistan’s 969 MW Nelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project.