New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Rajasthan and Haryana on Monday signed the long-awaited Yamuna Water Agreement in New Delhi, ending a three-decade-long impasse and paving the best way for the implementation of a Rs 34,102 crore water infrastructure mission aimed toward redefining the water panorama of Rajasthan.
The settlement was signed within the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and senior officers from the Centre and each state governments.
Addressing the occasion, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma stated water safety stays a key pillar of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of Viksit Bharat 2047 and described the settlement as a landmark achievement made attainable by means of inter-state cooperation.
‘Water safety is a core pillar of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Viksit Bharat 2047 imaginative and prescient. Under his management, a brand new governance tradition prioritising water conservation, useful resource administration and inter-state cooperation has flourished throughout the nation,’ Sharma stated.
Calling the settlement historic, Sharma stated, ‘The Prime Minister firmly believes that water isn’t merely a pure useful resource, however the very basis of life, improvement and the prosperity of future generations. This conviction has been the driving pressure behind this historic accord.’
The Chief Minister thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for facilitating dialogue between the 2 states and serving to resolve the decades-old challenge.
‘Amit Shah acted as a bridge of belief, dialogue and coordination between Rajasthan and Haryana. His private intervention and steady efforts at each stage have been instrumental in resolving this long-pending challenge,’ Sharma stated.
He additionally appreciated Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil for guaranteeing the mandatory technical and administrative clearances for the mission.
The Rajasthan CM additional stated the settlement demonstrates how political will and Centre-State cooperation may also help execute initiatives that had remained pending for many years.
According to a launch, the mission will transport Rajasthan’s allotted share of 577 million cubic metres (MCM) of Yamuna water from the Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana to the Hansiawas Reservoir in Churu district by means of a 295.5-kilometre underground pipeline community.
The mission will comprise three pipelines, every measuring 3.6 metres in diameter, together with an inspection motorway, synthetic reservoirs and a contemporary digital water administration system. The mission additionally consists of provisions to produce consuming water to 10 places in Haryana.
The Rajasthan authorities stated the Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been uploaded on the Central Water Commission’s e-PAMS portal, whereas the Haryana authorities has granted in-principle approval for the proposed pipeline alignment.
A devoted Special Purpose Vehicle, the Rajasthan Haryana Yamuna Water Project-SPV (RHYW-SPV), will likely be established to supervise the execution, operation and upkeep of the mission.
Bhajanlal Sharma expressed confidence that the mission would guarantee long-term water safety, whereas boosting agriculture, industrial progress and socio-economic improvement, significantly in Rajasthan’s water-stressed areas, together with the Shekhawati belt. (ANI)