Experts aligned with Omar’s approach, saying that the revival of Tulbal Navigation Project will give socio-economic benefits to J&K India News
New Delhi: PDP chief Mehboba Mufti may have slammed Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah at his call to revive. Tulbul Navigation ProjectBut he has echoed the long -term interests of India, the experts told how it will be implemented Socio-economic profit For the entire UT.Project, also known as Plain -barageThere is a navigation lock-cum-control structure located at the country’s largest freshwater lake outlet, which is wular in J&K. It was designed to facilitate navigation on the Jhelum River during the lean winter months (October-February), but was stalled by Pakistan citing the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).As in the treaty after the Pahalgam terror attack last month, experts who have tracked the development of the project, as it was stalled by Pakistan in 1987, believes that its implementation could be the most immediate step for the benefit of J&K.A senior Fellow of Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis said Uttam Sinha said, “This is the time to break the land on a long -lasting Tulbul Navigation Project for India.” He said that for about four decades, the “developmental aspirations” of the people of Kashmir were “sacrificed on the altar of diplomatic precaution”, even its implementation falls well within the treaty.Sinha said, “This is a matter of interpretation. India has long been considered that to regulate the lack of water-stored water natural for the use of navigation, which is non-oppressed, is acceptable under IWT,” Sinha said.Kushwinder Vohra, former chairman of the Central Water Commission, resonated similar views and explained how the project would help in better floods and water management through Wular Lake, and will also help in dealing with the drainage congestion.Vohra said, “This will help maintain the depth of the expected water in Jhelum under the Wular lake during the lean period to maintain navigation throughout the year,” given that it would also have an “casual benefit” of an increase in power generation. Hydroelectric,But why was the project stopped when the project fell well within the treaty? Ultimately, India is allowed to use non-individual use under IWT, including water control or use for navigation, provided they do not bias the downstream uses of water by Pakistan. The Islamabad structure can never install any bias for its downstream use by the creation of the structure.During several secretary-level talks in the past, Pakistan said that the project structure is a barrage with a storage capacity of about 0.3 million acres of feet (0.369 billion meters) and India is not allowed to construct any storage facility on the main stem of the Jhelum River.Sinha said, “This is a matter of interpretation … Now, suspension (of IWT) paves the way for a more vocal water strategy … The implementation of the Tulabal project is the most immediate step that can be taken.”
