Will Tulbul navigation project be taken up at Agra?
By Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI, JULY 13. The Tulbul navigation project, on the Jhelum below Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir, is one of the eight issues in the composite dialogue list, but it is not certain if it will be taken up in the summit between Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee and Gen. Pervez Musharraf at Agra. If settled, the project has great potential for increasing commerce and trade. The incidental benefits would include firming up of power generation projects not only in India but also in Pakistan. Within India, the Centre has to contend with objections from the State Government, which bemoans that by regulating the flow of water, India was giving away its share to Pakistan. If the project is not discussed at Agra, then chances are that the Secretary-level Working Group would be invigorated to further the discussions. India’s project to construct a gated structure and a navigation lock on the river to regulate the storage available in the Wular lake for augmenting the drafts in the Jhel
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