India, Pak hold talks on Indus Waters Treaty

TIL Desk/World/New Delhi/ India and Pakistan are holding high-level talks on technical issues of the Indus Waters Treaty here, a senior World Bank official has said.

“These meetings are a continuation of a discussion on how to safeguard the Treaty for the benefit of the people in both countries,” a World Bank spokesperson told.

The meetings between India and Pakistan on the technical issues of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) are taking place in Washington on September 14-15, the spokesperson added.

The World Bank in August had said that under the IWT, India is permitted to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions.