With Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, Jammu and Kashmir plans to harness river waters

The Jammu & Kashmir government is mulling to take advantage of the suspended Indus Water Treaty (IWT) by diverting, for the first time, water from the Ravi river in Punjab to the Jammu region, and pushing for the revival of the Tulbul Navigation Barrage project in the Kashmir region.

Official sources said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has raised the issue with the Centre. The Tulbul project, which started in 1984, hit a dead end when Pakistan raised objections in 1987 under the IWT. However, the Centre put the treaty in abeyance in 2025 after the Pahalgam terror attack.