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Amid India's suspension of IWT, China plans to accelerate construction of dam in Pakistan

May 21, 2025

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China has announced plans to accelerate work on a "flagship" dam in Pakistan to ease pressure on its all weather ally, weeks after India placed the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack, according to a media report.

Amid India's suspension of IWT, China plans to accelerate construction of dam in Pakistan

The state-owned China Energy Engineering Corporation has been working on the Mohmand Hydropower Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-western Pakistan since 2019.

The project was scheduled to be completed next year. On Saturday, state broadcaster CCTV reported that concrete filling on the dam had started, marking a critical construction milestone and a phase of accelerated development for this national flagship project of Pakistan?, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.

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14 Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh

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