India Slams Pakistan Over Construction Of Dam In PoK

New Delhi:

India on Thursday mentioned it has strongly protested with Pakistan in opposition to the development of the Diamer-Bhasha dam in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and condemned Islamabad”s steady makes an attempt to result in subject matter adjustments in Indian territories below its unlawful profession.

India’s robust protest got here after Pakistan High Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday kicked off development paintings on the Diamer-Bhasha dam in Chilas in Gilgit-Baltistan, however New Delhi’s objection to the China-backed mega challenge.

Requested concerning the construction on the weekly briefing, Ministry of Exterior Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava mentioned India had made its place on it transparent previous and it stays unchanged.

“All of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh, were, are, and will likely be an integral and inalienable a part of India. We now have strongly protested in opposition to the development of this dam to the federal government of Pakistan,” Mr Srivastava mentioned.

“This dam will result in submergence of a big a part of land of the Indian union territories of J&Okay and Ladakh and we condemn the continual makes an attempt via Pakistan to result in subject matter adjustments in Indian territories below its unlawful profession,” he mentioned.

India has additionally persistently conveyed its protest and shared considerations with each China and Pakistan on all such tasks within the Indian territories below Pakistan’s unlawful profession the place it has no locus standi, the MEA spokesperson mentioned.

The Pakistan govt in Might had signed a whopping Rs 442 billion contract with a three way partnership of a Chinese language state-run company and a industrial arm of Pakistan’s robust army for the development of the Diamer-Bhasha dam.

Requested about experiences of Pakistan permitting Afghan items to be exported by the use of Wagah, Srivastava mentioned it was once any other instance of Pakistan’s introduction of a mirage of goodwill.

“Allow us to be transparent in this, Pakistan isn’t permitting Afghan vehicles to hold Afghan items and is looking for monopolistic delivery practices. It’s not permitting Afghanistan two-way transit rights as dedicated below article three of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Business Settlement (sometimes called APTTA),” he mentioned.

“So, Pakistan has been following a coverage of making captive markets via denying complete transit get right of entry to to Afghanistan via limiting merchandise from India and different nations. It’s failing to fulfil its personal commitments below APTTA,” Mr Srivastava mentioned.

Pakistan has even denied transit of humanitarian grant help, together with wheat from India, to Afghanistan, he mentioned.

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