New Delhi, June 30 -- Rajasthan and Haryana on Monday signed an agreement for the implementation of the Yamuna Water Project, which has been stuck in limbo for nearly three decades. Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil, along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, attended the signing of the MoU between the two states.

Following the agreement, drinking water will be supplied to the districts of Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, as well as Bhiwani and Fatehabad areas in Haryana.

Shekhawat is one of the most water-stressed regions in the desert state of Rajasthan.

Under the agreement, water will be transported from the Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana....