The DG ISPR has said that the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project was shelled by Indian forces.

He said that as per Article 54 of the 1977 Additional Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions, it was prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects that were indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as drinking water supplies/installations and irrigation works.

Additionally, he said that as per Article 56 of the same, works and installations that contain dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack even if they were military objectives as such attacks may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population.