MNA Marvi Memon strongly criticized government’s late decision to conduct inquir

Press Release
28 February 2011
Islamabad

MNA Marvi Memon strongly criticized government’s late decision to conduct inquiry into delays in raising timely objections over India’s efforts to secure international credit incentives to construct hyderopower projects Chutak and Nimoo-Bazgo in violation of Indus Water Treaty of 1960. She said government is in the habit of turning blind eye to important issues raised on the Floor of the House. She said that she has been raising Indian water terrorism issues in form of point of order, resolutions and on spot protests. She said as the Chairperson of National Assembly Standing Committee on Environment’s Sub-Committee on Climate Change she wrote a letter to Secretary Committee on July 17, 2010 on same subject to call committee meeting on this subject. Letter of this letter was also sent to Prime Minister but her efforts to raise this issue on time were sabotaged by government officials who blocked this meeting she said. Following is the text of the letter she wrote:

“We need to call an urgent meeting of the Environment sub committee on climate change to investigate how India has been given permission via a transboundary environmental impact assessment for its two hydropower projects: namely, Nimoo Bazgo and Chutak.
As per 37 clause b of UNFCCC (UN framework convention on climate change) rules of business it is mandatory for India to get approval from Pakistan before it starts getting carbon credit for the same projects. India has been earning carbon credits on these two projects since 2yrs.
Who are the officials within Ministry who gave this approval to India? Relevant officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Water and Power need to be called to the meeting to explain how this criminal negligence took place.
We would like them to bring transboundary EIAs clearance certificates of Chutak, Nimoo Bazgo and all hydropower projects being executed in IHK and Himachal Pradesh. And if those projects have not been given TIEAs by Pakistan we would like them to explain what efforts they have made to pursue this international violation diplomatically”.