Study favourstrade through 5 LoC points

It calls to restore telephone landlines and expanding mobile phone services across LoC. J&K people are not allowed to make direct telephone calls across LoC. There should be enhanced access to Internet on both sides of LOC, which will allow journalists for electronic, print media to develop closer contacts.

It considers sharing information between both parts of J&K on weather conditions, seismic activity, water flow in rivers to generate early warnings of floods, other natural disasters. It could evolve in long-term process of monitoring, researching retreat of glaciers, incidence of earthquakes and other environmental concerns.

“No steps, whether short-term or long-term, can be taken until tensions between India and Pakistan cease. The reality is India-Pakistan relations cannot be dramatically improved in short run, nor can all outstanding problems be resolved quickly.  Unrealistic expectations that progress in making borders irrelevant in Kashmir will be swift and Indo-Pak relations will rapidly improve could lead to frustrations.”