India, May 7 -- The Centre has issued a notification to set up a power transmission system for the proposed 1000 MW Pakal Dul hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir, speeding up processes for what will be the biggest dam on the Indian side of the Indus river system.

The notification is the first major step in commissioning work for the dam, which will be capable of storing water, since India unilaterally suspended the Indus water treaty with Pakistan after terrorists massacred dozens of tourists in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.

The notification was issued on Tuesday, hours before Indian armed forces carried out precision missile strikes on "terrorist infrastructure" at nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retali...