Jammu, Jan. 4 -- Months after India put the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that no objection of Pakistan will be entertained vis-a-vis ongoing work on power projects in the Indus and Chenab basins in Jammu and Kashmir.
Khattar visited the Salal Hydroelectric Project and also conducted an aerial survey of the Sawalkot project today.
While talking to the reporters Khattar said, "No objections from Pakistan will be entertained."
Replying to a query about these projects getting fast tracked after 'Operation Sindoor,' and what message he would like to give Pakistan, Khattar said, "Prime Minister Modi has given a clear message to Pakistan by keeping the Indus Water Treaty in abeyan...