New Delhi, May 9 -- The Centre, on Tuesday, notified a power transmission system for the proposed 1,000mW Pakal Dul hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir, accelerating the commissioning process for what is set to become the biggest dam on the Indian side of the Indus River system. The notification marks the first major step towards operationalising the dam since the project's launch in 2014. It comes after India unilaterally suspended the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan on April 24, following the April 22 massacre of dozens of tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, by terrorists. On Wednesday night, India also launched missile strikes on several sites in Pakistan amid rising bilateral tensions. Separately, last month, Union Jal Shakti (water resources) minister CR Patil said India would "ensure not a drop of water from the Indus rivers reaches Pakistan." To be sure, Pakistan has long objected to the project. Simultaneously, the state-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd, India's largest hydropower firm, has initiated reservoir flushing at the Salal and Baglihar dams. This is the first such operation at Baglihar since it became operational in 2008. "This involves flushing sediments downstream from the reservoirs, which increases flow downstream till the process is completed," said Sadaman Reddy, a former engineer with the central water commission. A person familiar with the matter said India did not inform Pakistan, which lies downstream of the Indus river system, about the dam flushing work as it no longer abides by the Indus Water Treaty....