A view of Tarbela dam. – File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Tension prevails at the Pak-India talks on Wullar Barrage after the Indian delegation left the conference room on Thursday, May 12, DawnNews reported.

May 12 is the first day of the three-day talks on the controversial Wullar Barrage.

According to sources, an Indian delegation headed by Secretary Water Resources Dhruv Vijai Singh, is in Islamabad to discuss Pakistan's objection to diversion of Jhelum river into the Wullar barrage, while the Pakistani delegation is headed by Federal Secretary of Water and Power Javed Iqbal.

The two countries have so far held 13 rounds of talks on the issue which has remain unresolved for more than 26 years.

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