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🔴 Pakistan and India clash Live 🔴 update today 7-5-25Salal Dam: The Second Dam on River Chenab After Baglihar That India Uses to Block Water
Salal Dam is the last point from which India can control the flow of River Chenab before it enters Pakistan.
Located in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Salal Dam has become a point of contention amid ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan.Like the Baglihar Dam, the Salal Dam is also built on the River Chenab. While Baglihar is situated on the upper stretch of the river, the Salal Dam is on the lower section. The two dams are about 46 kilometers apart.
This makes Salal the final point from where India can potentially control the water entering Pakistan.
According to Indian news agency PTI, only one spillway of the Salal Dam is currently open, which has significantly reduced the flow of water towards Pakistan.
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• How India’s desire to alter the Indus Waters Treaty turned into a demand for reviewAmit Malviya, head of BJP’s IT cell, shared a video on social media showing the closed spillways of Salal Dam and wrote:
“It takes political will to make tough decisions in India’s interest, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has demonstrated that through his actions.”However, the Indian government has not officially commented on the matter yet.
What is the Salal Dam Project?
According to news agency ANI, a video shows that after the dam gates were shut, the water level in the Chenab River dropped significantly.
Located in Reasi district of Indian-administered Kashmir, Salal Dam is a rockfill dam about 23 kilometers from the district headquarters.
Salal Dam is a hydroelectric power project that supplies electricity not just to Kashmir but also to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, and Rajasthan.
The project generates approximately 690 megawatts and is operated by India’s National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), which works under the Indian government.
It is worth noting that among the measures India has taken against Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack is the suspension of the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty, under which India is obligated to allow Pakistan access to the majority of the waters from the Jhelum, Chenab, and Indus Rivers.
Pakistan has repeatedly stated that if India tries to block water that rightfully belongs to it, such an act would be considered “an act of war.”
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