Jammu, June 24 -- After suspension of Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), India wrote to the World Bank's neutral expert, Michel Lino, requesting a pause in his proceedings on the Ratle and Kishanganga hydropower disputes, according to a report by Indian Express.
The IE report stated that Lino sought Pakistan's views on India's request, which Islamabad has opposed. The disputes are being heard by Lino since 2022 regarding the two Indian hydropower projects in Jammu Kashmir. India is constructing two hydroelectric power projects-the Kishenganga HE project on Kishenganga river, a tributary of Jhelum, and the Ratle Hydroelectric project on Chenab river.
Signed in 1960, the Indus Waters Treaty stipulated India can access water from the 'Eastern Rivers...