Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- Punjab has raised concerns before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the management of the Bhakra and Pong reservoirs, arguing that shrinking storage capacity, rigid reservoir rule curves, inadequate assessment of downstream river capacity and poor coordination of inflows and releases may have worsened the state's flood crisis in 2025.

The submission was made in an affidavit filed by principal secretary, water resources, Krishan Kumar, on September 8, in response to a petition filed by the Public Action Committee before the NGT in September last year against the water resources department and the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).

Punjab has argued that the flood-management debate cannot be confined to exce...