Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he would raise the issue of the Shahpur Kandi dam project with his Punjab counterpart, urging the neighbouring state to honour the commitments made under the 1979 agreement between the two governments.
Addressing the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister described the pact as a binding government-to-government commitment and stressed that it must be implemented in letter and spirit.
“I will take up the issue at my own level with my counterpart from Punjab about the commitments and remind him. It is not an individual commitment but a sovereign commitment between the Government of Punjab and the Government of J&K,” he said.
Abdullah underlined that the agreement cannot be rolled back and expressed confidence that the matter would be resolved through dialogue.
“There is no question of backtracking from the pact. I will remind and convince him to fulfill the agreement,” he added, according to a local news agency KNO.
