| LAHORE: Water in the Chenab River has been reduced by 50 percent after India made the Baglihar Dam operational, Irrigation Secretary Babar Bharwana said on Friday. Talking to Express News, Bharwana said Pakistan had lodged a strong protest with India over the reduction of water level in the Chenab and demanded a visit to the dam. He said the minimum water level in the river at this time of the year is 40,000 cusecs, which had fallen to 18,000 cusecs after the dam started operating. He said that non-provision of the relevant information by India has led the Pakistani authorities to believe that India was stopping the river water. |