Pakistan on Sunday claimed its farmers are facing a water crisis after the commissioning of the Baglihar hydro-electric power plant and said it will inspect the project, a move Indian officials termed as "unwarranted".

"Due to choking of water supply in Chenab river due to storage of dam water at Baglihar, the farm sector in Pakistan has been hit. We will inspect the dam and the project on Monday," Commissioner of Central Water Commission Syed Jamait Ali Shah, heading a three-member Pakistani delegation, said after his arrival in Jammu.

After the inspection, a report would be submitted to the Pakistan government for further action, he said.

Claiming that farmers have complained to the government about water scarcity in Chenab resulting in grave crises to agriculture, Shah said, “Islamabad wants us to inspect the project afresh in this connection.”

A four-member Indian team headed by Indus Water Treaty Commissioner G Ranganathan will accompany the Pakistani delegation.

Indian officials said, “The inspection is unwarranted since Pakistan has already given clean chit to the project three months back.”

But Shah said the treaty does not "speak of any green signal".

After the visit, Shah will hold two-day talks with Rangahathan from October 22 on issue of Chenab river water sharing and other related subjects.

The Pakistani team's visit has been warranted by Islamabad's allegation that New Delhi has stopped the flow of Chenab water for construction of the Baglihar project.