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Congress MP Randeep Surjewala on Sunday introduced a scathing assault at the Centre, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, accusing them of mishandling the escalating water-sharing dispute, which has left Haryana grappling with a serious water disaster.
Speaking at a press convention, Surjewala highlighted the serious water scarcity in Haryana, mentioning, “Due to scorching heat, ponds have dried up, and people are forced to buy water from tankers at high prices. The cotton crop, expected to be sown by May 15, has not been planted, causing future losses for farmers,” and criticised Mann and Saini for enticing in a “game of writing love letters” as an alternative of resolving the disaster.
He accused the PM Modi-led central govt and Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal Khattar of neglecting the problem regardless of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) being below the Union Power Ministry’s keep an eye on.
“Despite this water shortage, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann and the Chief Minister of Haryana, Nayab Singh Saini, are busy writing love letters to each other on the matter… Haryana CM, instead of going to the Prime Minister and the Power Minister, stages a drama of an all-party meeting and talks of going to the Supreme Court… The Centre is also not paying attention to this issue… The Modi Government are sleeping as if the region of Punjab and Haryana doesn’t exist… The Bhakra Beas Management Board completely comes under the Power Ministry of the Centre, but it is doing nothing,” Surjewala mentioned.
The Congress MP condemned Punjab’s deployment of police on the Bhakra Nangal Dam to dam Haryana’s water proportion, calling it an unparalleled takeover of a centrally run facility.
He mentioned that this was once the primary time a state had deployed its police to take hold of a central facility, noting that the BBMB chairman’s request to the Union Home Ministry for Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deployment had long past unheeded.
“Along with this, the Punjab government has deployed police at the Bhakra Nangal Dam and has sealed the place from where water is to be released. So that Haryana’s share of water isn’t given to Haryana… This is the first time that a state has deployed its police to take over a centrally run facility,” he mentioned.
“The BBMB board chairman had formally requested the Union Home Ministry for the deployment of CISF for dam security after this, but no probe was done,” Surjewala added.
Questioning Saini’s plan to manner the Supreme Court, Surjewala mentioned that, “It takes months and years for a Supreme Court verdict. You want to complicate the Haryana water situation further.”
He alleged a planned conspiracy between the BJP-led Centre and Punjab’s AAP govt to lengthen the disaster for political features, wondering if “this was just a farce being done so that the sinking government of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab can be saved?”
Surjewala additional challenged the Centre’s inactivity, asking why Union Power Minister Manoharlal Khattar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have now not intervened to verify Haryana’s rightful proportion.
“Does Punjab have so much power to stop water by deploying police? Why is the Centre silent when the BBMB is under its control?” he wondered, caution that escalating tensions may just destabilise family members between Punjab and Haryana.
He suggested the Centre to behave decisively, protecting Khattar and Modi chargeable for resolving the disaster.
Meanwhile, the BBMB ordered that an extra 8,500 cusecs of water be launched to Haryana.
The remark comes after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann raised considerations on May 1 over reducing water ranges in key reservoirs. He discussed that the water ranges in Pong Dam, Bhakra Dam, and Ranjit Sagar Dam are 32 ft, 12 ft, and 14 ft under final 12 months’s ranges, respectively.
