The meeting of the technical committee of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) will be held on Thursday. Chief Engineers of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan will participate in it. Chief Engineer of Central Water Commissioner will also participate in the meeting. During this, water will be allocated to the three states in the month of June.
On the other hand, it has become almost clear that Haryana will not be able to get additional water till May 20, because the next hearing of the case going on in the Punjab and Haryana High Court is on May 20. Whereas from May 21, Haryana will start getting water for the next year.
Punjab government gives 60% amount
When the Punjab government asked BBMB for the account of the expenditure incurred in the past years, one thing became clear that the entire cost of repairing the Nangal Hydel Channel is being borne from the treasury of the Punjab government. Between the years 2010-11 to 2022-23, Rs 32.69 crore was spent on the repair of Nangal Hydel Channel.
Punjab’s share in this was Rs 15.87 crore, while Haryana and Rajasthan’s share was Rs 16.82 crore. But these states did not pay it. CM Mann has already said that he pays 60 per cent of BBMB’s amount. But BBMB is standing against us. Why should we pay like this?
