Jaipur, June 30 -- Festivities prevailed at the ruling BJP state headquarters and the Chief Minister's official residence (CMR) here today when the saffron party celebrated, in a big-way, the signing of memorandum of agreement (MoA) for the 32-year-old Yamuna Water Sharing Accord with Haryana.
This will fetch 577 MCM river water for Shekhawati region spreading over three districts.
Buoyed by the success of the double engine BJP government in realising the 1994 inter-state agreement, the overwhelmed BJP cadres accorded grand welcome to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma hailing him "Bhagirath of Maru Bhumi", on arrival at the airport here today from New Delhi. They equated Sharma's feat in signing the MoA to the legendary Ikshvaku King Bhagi...