Kishanganga project team surveys storage facility

A team of Court of Arbitration along with experts from India and Pakistan on Sunday visited the storage facility for the 330-MW Kishanganga hydropower in Bandipora district of J&K to look into objections raised by Islamabad.

The 29-member group surveyed the storage facility in Bandipora,sources said. The group includes the 10-member Indian team led by Indus Water Commissioner G Ranganathan. His Pakistani counterpart,Sheraz Jamil Memon,is heading a nine-member delegation.

On Saturday,the team had visited the site of the power project in Gurez sector near the Line of Control. Pakistan claims the project violates Indus Water Treaty between the two countries. The hydropower project is being built on Kishanganga river,which flows into Pakistan.