A debate has broken out between Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti over the Tulbul Barrage Project in Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to Mehbooba Mufti's statement, Omar Abdullah said that she is trying to please Pakistan. Opposing the Indus Water Treaty, he said that it is a betrayal of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The Tulbul project will solve the energy crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.

A war of words has started between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and former CM Mehbooba Mufti over the Tulbul Barrage Project. CM Omar Abdullah reposted Mehbooba Mufti's post and wrote that some people are trying to gain cheap popularity and please the people sitting in Pakistan.

Regarding the Indus Water Treaty, the CM said that I have always opposed this treaty and will continue to oppose it in future as well. This treaty is a betrayal of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The water of Jammu and Kashmir should be available only to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. But by making this treaty, the people of Jammu and Kashmir were deprived of the right.

'Will we be able to restart the Tulbul project?'

The CM has also shared a video on his Instagram. He wrote that the civil work you are seeing in the video is of the Tulbul Barrage Project. It was started in the early 1980s, but had to be abandoned under pressure from Pakistan, citing the Indus Water Treaty.

Now that the Indus Water Treaty has been temporarily suspended, will we be able to restart this project?

What was Mehbooba Mufti's statement

Mehbooba Mufti had targeted CM Omar Abdullah for starting the Tulbul Barrage Project. He said that the call to revive the Tulbul Navigation Project amid India-Pakistan tensions is extremely unfortunate.

The former CM said that at a time when both the countries have returned from the brink of a full-fledged war, such statements are not only irresponsible but also dangerously provocative.

The former CM attacked and said that time will tell who wants to please whom. Your respected grandfather Sheikh Sahab had advocated merger with Pakistan for more than two decades after losing power.

What will be the benefit of the Tulbul project

Let us tell you that disaster also brings opportunities with it and this is the reason why everyone from the common people to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Jammu and Kashmir is hoping for the resumption of the Tulbul Barrage project.

If this project, which has been hanging in the balance for 41 years, is completed, then not only will it help in overcoming the energy crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, but there will be sufficient water throughout the year for agriculture and related activities.

From Anantnag in South Kashmir to Baramulla in North Kashmir, boats and motorboats will also run for the movement of common people in Jhelum and its tributaries.