CHANDIGARH, June 30 -- Three dedicated pipelines will be laid from Hathnikund barrage in Yamunanagar district of Haryana to supply potable "surplus rainwater" between July and October to Rajasthan under an agreement both the BJP-ruled states inked in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday.

Once the project is complete, about 580 million cubic meters (MCM) of water will be supplied from the Yamuna Canal to Rajasthan through three dedicated underground pipelines from July to October. The three pipelines will have a diameter of more than 3.6 metre to supply surplus rainwater to the people of Rajasthan and parts of Haryana.

In a statement issued here, Haryana government quoting Union home minister Amit Shah said th...