SANGRUR, March 24 -- Punjab water resources minister Barinder Kumar Goyal laid the foundation stone of a project worth Rs.6.46 crore at Makrour Sahib to further strengthen and raise the embankments of the Ghaggar river.

He said that the government earlier strengthened the Ghaggar embankments at a cost of Rs.4 crore. As a result, during the floods in 2025, though the Ghaggar river remained above the danger mark for 10 consecutive days, people were largely protected from its impact.

While addressing the media at his office in Lehragaga regarding canal water supply, canal modernisation, and the Punjab government's claim to recover Rs.1.44 lakh crore from the Rajasthan government for decades of unpaid water usage, the minister said that Raj...