Chandigarh, May 14 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday asked the Union water resources minister, CR Patil, to expedite the Kishau Dam project, seeking the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) among neighbouring states at the earliest. A meeting chaired by Patil and attended by Saini and his Rajasthan counterpart Bhajan Lal Sharma to discuss interstate water issues was held in New Delhi on Wednesday.

An official spokesperson said the Union minister directed that a meeting be held with officials from Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan regarding the Kishau Dam project.

Patil said that decisions related to water sharing and electricity generation from the dam should be finalised prompt...