Reports on accepting Islamabad's reservations on Miyar Dam incorrect: India refutes Pak media claims

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ANI New Delhi [India]
Last Updated : Mar 21 2017 | 11:13 PM IST

India has denied Pakistan media claims that New Delhi had accepted Islamabad's reservations on the disputed Miyar Dam during the second and last day of talks of the Indus Water Commission in Islamabad.

The reports were factually incorrect and wrong and India had never agreed to halt the project, Indian sources were quoted as saying.

Earlier in the day, Pak media said the Indian delegation, led by Indian Indus Water Commissioner P.K. Saxena, had agreed to halt work on the hydroelectric project's design and that it would share a new design of the Miyar project soon.

Pak media also claimed that India had also agreed to review the design for the Lower Kalnai hydroelectric project.

The Indo-Pak Indus Water Commission conference, which began in Islamabad on Monday, saw discussions on Miyar, Lower Kalnai and Pakal Dul projects among other problems related to Indus Basin.

The meeting was the 113th session of the Permanent Indus Waters Commission established in 1960. The last meeting of the commission was held in 2015.

The meeting planned in September 2016 was cancelled due to the tension following the Uri terror attack.

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First Published: Mar 21 2017 | 11:02 PM IST

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