HotSpots H2O: In Test of Regional Water Cooperation, Pakistan Inspects Indian Hydropower Projects
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India and Pakistan will rekindle the cooperative spirit of a nearly six-decade-old river-sharing treaty this week, when a delegation from Pakistan inspects two Indian hydropower projects along the Chenab River.
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