After consulting India and Pakistan, the World Bank has appointed a Swiss expert to ‘‘address differences’’ between them concerning the Baglihar dam project in Jammu and Kashmir. The decision to appoint Professor Raymond Lafitte, a civil engineer and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, has been taken after ‘‘consultation with governments of India and Pakistan’’.Lafitte has been found ‘‘suitably qualified’’ for the job and under the terms of the Indus Water Treaty, his determination will be final and binding, the Bank said in a statement.‘‘Prof Lafitte will be asked to make a finding on differences between the two governments concerning the construction of the Baglihar project,’’ it said, adding that his findings will be made known in time. The WB is a signatory to the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.
