Haryana CM slams Punjab’s AAP govt for ‘taking part in politics’ over water sharing

Replying to a reporter’s query, Saini stated, “We’re demanding water in an identical quantity and ratio by which Haryana was getting earlier. However we didn’t know there could be politics over ingesting water.”

The folks of each Punjab and Haryana have come to know the politics in play, he stated convincingly.

Requested whether or not Haryana will name a particular meeting session to debate the water concern as Punjab has determined to take action on Monday, Saini stated, “We’ll name it when the necessity arises. We’ll focus on it (water concern) with the leaders of all events in at present’s assembly.”

The Haryana chief minister additionally chastised the AAP authorities in Punjab for deploying police on the Nangal Dam, which is downstream of the Bhakra Dam. “That is fallacious. It (water) is a pure useful resource neither I nor Mann can create.”

The BBMB has additionally referred to as a particular assembly on Saturday night, amid the continued row.

On Friday, Union Residence Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a gathering in New Delhi that suggested Punjab to accede to the Bhakra Beas Administration Board’s choice to launch 4,500 cusecs of additional water from the Bhakra dam to Haryana for the subsequent eight days to fulfill the pressing water necessities on the state and a few elements of Rajasthan.

The Haryana authorities has demanded 8,500 cusecs of water whereas Punjab is already giving 4,000 cusecs for ingesting functions.

On Thursday, Punjab Minister Harjot Singh Bains and AAP staff staged a ‘dharna’ on the Nangal dam within the Rupnagar district, claimed to have taken “management” over it, locked the room from the place water provide is regulated and handed over its key to police.