New Delhi:After the Indian Water Treaty (IWT) was put on hold after the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the Centre is planning to double the length of Kashmir on the 60-km Ranbir Canal and Chenab River in Jamu to optimize water resources for domestic use. The current length of the canal is 60 km, which may double according to the source.
Sources said that so far, India has been using Chenab’s limited water, mainly for irrigation, but because the IWT is on standby, there is room for its use, especially in the power generation sector. India is planning to increase its current hydropower capacity by about 3,000 MW on rivers used earlier in Pakistan and a feasibility study of this effect.
It is understood that the expansion costs of the canal network will be borne by the central government, and the Joint Interior Ministry can allocate additional funds to the J&K government if needed.
Exercises for exercise, as well as other similar systems in Jamu and Kashmir, are considering performing in a phased manner. The main purpose of desalination is to increase its water carrying capacity to increase irrigation coverage in union territory. The official said the crackdown had begun on the Katua, Ravi and Palawal Canals.
The Lanbir Canal is one of the two main canals in the Chamu district that takes off on the left bank of the Chanab River. It was originally built by former rulers of Jamu and Kashmir State and was completed in 1905. It is the main source of surface water irrigation, and it caters to the Candy Belt in the Chamu District, mainly adjacent to Akhnoor Road, Bishnah, RS Pura and Arnia & Arnia Belts, among others. The canal was originally designed for 16,460 hectares of net irrigated land.
According to the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, the Lambir Canal will carry 1,000 CUSECs for irrigation purposes, and in addition to the evacuation of water from April 15 to October 14 each year, it is also used for hydropower generation.
Meanwhile, Jamu and Kashmir’s chief minister Omar Abdullah called for the restoration of the barrage of the stagnant Turpur sailing on Wolpur Lake in North Kashmir. Mr Abdullah claimed, “I wonder if we can restore the project.
After nine years of negotiations, the IWT was promoted by the World Bank in 1960, and the IWT ruled the Indus and its distribution and use of its tributaries between India and Pakistan. But India decided to suspend the treaty after the Pahargam attack, and has since insisted that the treaty would be suspended until Pakistan reliably and irrevocably covers its support for cross-border terrorism.”
