Punjab for tribunal on river waters difficulty
Chandigarh, January 12
Punjab reiterated its declare over its river waters, Chandigarh as its capital and on Panjab College through the twentieth assembly of the Standing Committee of the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) held right here as we speak.
The state’s declare within the wake of the longstanding dispute over the development of the Sutlej-Yamuna Hyperlink canal was raised by Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua within the presence of the Adviser to the Chandigarh Administration, Chief Secretaries of Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi, in addition to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Officers of the Union Ministry of Dwelling Affairs have been additionally current on the assembly.
In his inaugural speech, Janjua additionally raised the demand for organising of a tribunal to evaluate the state of affairs with regard to the river waters, growing worldwide flights from the Mohali airport and beginning the UDAN scheme from airports within the state.
He additionally known as for strengthening the worldwide borders, uniform coverage for buying land and stemming the loss to Punjab from the Hansi-Butana canal and the Ghaggar by presenting details and figures.
The Chief Secretary batted for cooperative federalism and stated such conferences have been the correct platform for bringing to the fore inter-state issues and debate for his or her options.
He made it clear that as per the present state of river waters, Punjab was going through the scarcity of water therefore it didn’t have further water to spare for different states.
“These are emotional points for Punjab and being the mother or father state, it has full proper on its capital which has been denied to all of it alongside,” stated the Chief Secretary, including that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had additionally pressed for the state’s claims on these points.
Consistent with the ideas of 1 nation, one household, there should be a uniform coverage regarding shopping for and promoting of land in all states. It was crucial for Punjab that these points needs to be sorted out, stated he.
Through the agenda-wise discussions, Principal Secretary, Water Assets, Krishan Kumar stated the extent of water, which was out there with Punjab on the time of river waters agreements, had come down drastically and the state was going through the paucity of this valuable useful resource.
Different calls for raised by chief secy
- Growing worldwide flights from the Mohali airport
- UDAN scheme from airports within the state
- Uniform coverage for purchasing and promoting of land in states