India, July 18 -- India has fast-tracked four hydropower projects that are under construction in Jammu and Kashmir and plans are afoot on approving the designs of two more, three officials said on Thursday, highlighting developments after the country's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan.

Work has been accelerated on the 1,000 MW Pakal Dul, 624 MW Kiru, 540 MW Kwar and 850 MW Ratle hydropower projects, all on the Chenab river, and their completion dates have been advanced by several months, with commissioning now scheduled between May 2026 and July 2028, one of the officials cited above said.

The Ratle power project is set to be the first one to be commissioned in May next year, an official of the Ratle Hydroelectric Pow...