Jammu, Aug. 19 -- The spill gates of the reservoir of 900 MW Bagllihar hydro-electric power project at Chanderkote shall be opened for silt-flushing on Wednesday morning, officials said.

"The dam gates will be opened on August 19 at 10 am which may cause a sudden rise in Chenab river water levels," said an advisory issued by the Ramban district magistrate on Tuesday.

Since the Pahalgam terror attack in April last year, India has kept in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 and is not under any obligation to inform Pakistan about opening spill gates of various hydro projects over Chenab and other rivers that flow into Pakistan.

"The release of water during the silt flushing operation is likely to cause a sudden rise in the water level ...