Srinagar, May 21 -- The Tulbul Navigation Project, also known as the Wular Barrage, has been a contentious issue between India and Pakistan for decades. Initiated in the 1980s, the project aimed to regulate water flow from Wular Lake into the Jhelum River, facilitating year-round navigation and improving flood control in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Pakistan contended that the project violated the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), leading to its suspension in 1988 . The recent suspension of the IWT by India, following the Pahalgam terror attack, has reignited discussions about the project's revival. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has proposed resuming the Tulbul project, arguing that with the treaty now in abeyance, India has...
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