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Srinagar, Apr 14: The Jammu and Kashmir gov-ernment has decided to seek foreign expertise on increas-ing the capacity of river Jhelum by constructing an alternative flood spill chan-nel to save Kashmir from floods, a senior government official said.

The government, he said, has given a green signal to the Irrigation and Flood Control department to float global tenders for making the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the 80-km Dogripo-ra-Wullar channel.

“The Dogripora-Wullar spill channel is vital for managing floods in Kashmir. Preparation of the DPR for it is important. We will soon float global tenders to enable foreign experts to undertake the technical job,” said Chief Engineer Irrigation and Flood Control, Javid Jaffar.

Jhelum has a capacity to carry 25000-30000 cusecs of waters while its flood chan-nel discharge is up to 8,000 cusecs. However, during the floods in September last

year, over one lakh cusecs of water passed through Jhelum, submerging habita-tions on its both sides.

Officials said the Dogripo-ra channel, proposed to be constructed from Awanti-pora in south Kashmir to Wullar lake in north Kash-mir’s Bandipora district, can have the capacity to dis-charge around 55,000 cusecs of waters during floods. After de-siltation, the main Jhelum river can cater to 45,000 cusecs and the spill channel up to 15,000 cusecs.

Following devastating

floods in Kashmir last year, the Government of India had accorded sanction to pre-pare DPR for construction of alternate flood channel of river Jhelum. “The Cen-tral Water Commission has asked us to study effects of construction of the alternate flood channel on hydrology of Wullar lake. It is impera-tive to ascertain aspects including technical, envi-ronmental and implication on the Indus Water Treaty before starting work on the channel,” Jaffar said.

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Apr 14: The Union Power Ministry has given its go-ahead to the Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited (CVPPPL) for set-ting up two power projects—Dulhas-ti-II and stage second of Uri-I—with cumulative capacity of 940 MW, in Jammu and Kashmir. The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), a subsidiary of Govern-ment of India, was initially eyeing

to execute these projects.“We were able to persuade the

Power Ministry to hand over Dul-hasti-II and 2nd stage of Uri-I to the CVPPPL, much against the wishes of NHPC. It took us more than three years to get the consent from the Ministry,” Chairman, Director of Boards, CVPPPL, MY Khan told Greater Kashmir. “The projects will now be set up and owned by the com-pany.”

We were able to persuade the Power Ministry to hand over Dulhasti-II and 2nd stage of Uri-I to the CVPPPL, much against the wishes of NHPC. It took us more than three years to get the consent from the Ministry

M Y KhanChairman, Director of BoardsCVPPPL

KHALID GUL

T ra l ( P u lwa ma), Apr 14: More than two dozen people were wounded—one of them critically—as massive clashes rocked this area in south Kashmir’s Pul-wama district on Tues-day against killing of a civilian in Army firing yesterday.

Amid complete shut-down, massive protests were held against the killing of 24-year-old Khalid Muzaffar, a sci-ence graduate from Shariabad locality of Tral Payeen. Khalid—son of a college prin-cipal and brother of “most-wanted” militant commander Burhan—was killed in Kamla Forest yesterday with army dubbing him as a “militant.”

Slain youth was Hizb OGW: Army

Family refutes army, police versions, says Khalid ‘tortured to death’Father rubbishes OGW claim: ‘My son had nothing to do with militancy’

Tral erupts in anger over civilian's killing

JK to seek foreign expertise to boost Jhelum’s carrying capacityWill fl oat global tenders for Dogripora-Wullar fl ood channel DPR: Ja� er

CVPPPL to execute 2 key power projects in JKFirm to set-up 460-MW Dulhasti-II, 480-MW stage-II of Uri-I: Chairman MY Khan; Company to generate 3060-MW in next 7 years

Khalid had militant links, says IGP Gillani

Highly unfortunate incident: Mehbooba

MLA Rashid again: ‘Killing of 209 KPs no genocide’‘Migrant Pandits deserters who enjoyed packages while Kashmiris died’

MUDASIR YAQOOB

Srinagar, Apr 14: Inde-pendent legislator Engi-neer Abdur Rashid Tues-day said killing of 209 Kashmiri Pandits—as against killing of 80,000 Kashmiri Muslims —can’t be called a “geno-cide” as ‘Panun Kashmir’ organisation claims. The remarks come barely few days after Rashid asked Kashmiri Pandits to apol-ogize for migrating from the Valley in 1990.

Addressing a press conference here, Rashid said since 1989, accord-ing to official estimates, 140 FIRs have been filed against Kashmiri Pandits while 209 killings of Kash-miri Pandits have taken place. “How can 209 kill-ings be called genocide as against killing of 80,000 Kashmiri Muslims?” he asked. “This is a big ques-tion to Panun Kashmir. What kind of genocide is this and what ‘Panun’ does your name signify when you don't own Kash-mir?”

Rashid said separate township for Kashmiri Pandits is “a ploy to con-vert Kashmir into Pales-tine.”

Thousands join slain youth’s funeral Scores injured in day-long clashes Angry protesters snatch CRPF man’s rifl e

THE 2 PROJECTSDulhasti-II is planned as 460-MW

project, downstream 390-MW Dulhasti on Chenab basin in Kishtwar while 2nd

stage of 480-MW Uri-I to be set up downstream Uri-I on River Jhelum in

Baramulla district.

Separatists detained on way to TralCall for shutdown in Pulwama today, Valley-wide protests on Friday

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Apr 14: Police Tuesday arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik, Muslim League chair-man Masarat Alam, Demo-cratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Shah and other sepa-ratist leaders while they were on way to Shariefabad Tral to express their sympathies with the family of youth killed in Army fi ring on Monday.

KHALID GUL

Tral (Pulwama), Apr 14: The family of Khalid Muzaf-far—who was killed in army firing here yesterday—has strongly contested the army and police versions that he was killed during exchange of fire between militants and government forces, saying “he was killed in cold-blood.”

The family, as well as locals of Tral, also contested the army’s claim that Khalid was an over-ground worker of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

Khalid, 24—a science graduate from Sharifabad area of Tral Payeen—was killed in Army firing in

GK File Photo

Mir Wasim / GK

Khalid had militant links, says IGP Gillani

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SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Apr 14: Inspector General of Police Kashmir,

SJM Gillani, Tuesday said

they are waiting for the post-mortem report of Khalid Muzaff ar Wani—who was killed in Kamla Forest of Tral area yesterday—

Srinagar, Apr 14: Army Tuesday claimed that the youth killed in Tral area of Pul-wama district on Monday was an Over Ground Worker of Hizbul Mujahideen and three youth, who are in police custody, had gone to “meet militant commander Burhan to get recruited in

militant ranks.”An army spokesman here said as

a result of “militant-initiated acts in the recent past, the area domination patrols have been actively operating in Tral area.”

New Delhi, Apr 14: Expressing anguish over the killing of Khalid Muzaff ar Wani of Tral, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and Member Parliament, Meh-

booba Mu� i, Tuesday said “it is a highly unfortunate and tragic inci-dent which could have been and should have been avoided.”

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