India to go ahead with Ratle hydropower project; Pak alleges violation of Indus treaty

India has decided to go ahead with the 850 MW hydroelectric power project despite objections by Pakistan. The Ratle dam is currently under construction on the Chenab River. While Pakistan says that the dam violates the Indus Water Treaty, signed between the two countries in 1960, India has always maintained the Ratle project is a run-of-the-river hydroelectricity project and not in violation of the treaty.