Pakistan has sought technical details from India on the Tulbul navigation project during the secretary-level talks here aimed at resolving differences over the project in India-held Kashmir. During the talks, Pakistan sought some technical details of the project on Jhelum River. India envisages controlled release of water from the Wullar Lake during the lean-season months of October to February to facilitate year-round navigation for trade, employment and tourism.
New Delhi maintains that the regulating structure is permitted under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 for the non-consumptive use of navigation. India has maintained that no pondage of water was being created over Jhelum. Pakistan, however, contests the claim terming it as a storage project and charges India with violation of the provisions under the Treaty saying New Delhi was stopping water, thus denying Islamabad its share.
