India- Pakistan permanent Indus Water Commission will hold talks from tomorrow in New Dehi. The Pakistani delegation to hold talks with the Indian counterparts is being led by their water commissioner Jammat Ali Shah. Mr Shah reached New Delhi on Saturday. Earlier the talks were scheduled from today. The talks will focuss on sharing of river waters. AIR correspondent adds that the representatives of the two countries will also exchange flood data and anuual reports and talk about future programmes and plan any visits that may be required to project sites on either side.<br/> Ahead of the talks, India today strongly denied the Pakistani charges that it is being deprived of its share of the common waters. Water resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that these statements are aimed at diverting the attention of their people from Islamabad's inefficient use of the vital resource. He asserted that New Delhi has never deprived Pakistan of its share of water and had no intention to do so ever. His statement comes in the backdrop of Pakistan's threat to move the World Bank for arbitration over Kishenganga power project in Jammu and Kashmir, which it alleges violates the 1960 Indus Water Treaty as water would be diverted.<br/>
News On AIR | May 30, 2010 5:38 PM
India-Pak permanent Indus Water Commission talks tomorrow