Ahead of treaty renegotiations, Punjab asks for Yamuna share
New Delhi, May 13 -- The Punjab government has sought a share in the Yamuna water allocation on the grounds that it was also a successor state similar to Haryana, ahead of a renegotiation of the terms of a 1994 water-sharing agreement among the Yamuna's riparian states, Delhi government officials said.
The demands were made at a high-level meeting of officials of the northern zonal council states held at Kartavya Bhavan on Monday. Delhi, on its part, maintained that its water share must not be impacted due to the demand, officials told HT.
A senior Delhi government official, who did not wish to be named, said that Punjab has argued that if Haryana can demand its share of water from the Ravi and Beas rivers as a successor state of united Pun...
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