Location: On Jhelum River in Jammu and Kashmir
Terminology: India calls it the Tulbul Navigation Project. For Pakistan it is Wullar Barrage.
The Dispute: India proposed to build the barrage in 1984 on the River Jhelum, at the mouth of Wullar Lake, India's largest fresh water lake, near Sopore town in Kashmir Valley.
Pakistan protested claiming it was a violation of 1960 Indus Waters Treaty . India claims the barrage would make the river navigable in summer, but Pakistan believes it could be used by India to control the flow of the river and can be used as a geo-strategic weapon.
The barrage also has the potential to disrupt the triple canal project of Pakistan-Upper Jhelum Canal, Upper Chenab Canal and the Lower Bari Doab Canal.
According to the original Indian plan, the barrage was expected to be of 439-feet long and 40-feet wide, and would have a maximum storage capacity of 0.30 million acres feet of water.
Pakistan's View: With some 95 per cent of its river water originating or running through Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan can hardly ignore Wullar Barrage. It claims India is violating the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 that was signed after international negotiations.
India's View: Says it is not an effort to divert water flowing into Pakistan. The project is to make the river navigable during summer.
Progress: Pakistan took the case to Indus Waters Commission in 1986, a year later it admitted its failure to resolve the issue. Before Pakistan moved International Arbitral Court, India stopped construction.
Eight rounds of talks have been held till now. The ninth round is being held from July 29, 2004.
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