Tribune News Service
Pratibha Chauhan
Shimla, June 15
The state authorities appears to have toughened its stand after Punjab’s opposition to the Central Government’s determination to waive the no objection certificates (NOC) situation for the withdrawal of water by Himachal from BBMB tasks for irrigation objective. It might now seek 7.19 per cent share in different sectors as properly.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at the moment mentioned, “Himachal will seek its official 7.19 per cent share as per the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 in each sector, be it in Chandigarh or the royalty from BBMB tasks.”
Punjab’s opposition the set off
- The state authorities toughens stand after Punjab opposed the Centre’s determination to waive the NOC situation for the withdrawal of water by Himachal from BBMB tasks for irrigation objective
- Sukhvinder Sukhu has been demanding royalty from BBMB tasks in order to boost income for the cash-strapped state, which is beneath a debt of Rs 75,000 crore
He added that Himachal was prepared to debate and amicably settle all these inter-state points.
Sukhu mentioned this after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann opposed the Central Government’s determination to waive the NOC situation for Himachal for utilizing water from BBMB tasks for irrigation objective. Sukhu has been demanding royalty from the BBMB tasks in order to boost income for the cash-strapped state, which is beneath a debt of Rs 75,000 crore.
The difficulty may additionally develop into a sore level between Himachal and Punjab like the sooner determination of the Congress authorities to impose water cess on 172 hydroelectric tasks, which each Punjab and Haryana had opposed.
Government officers cited a letter written by Gourav Jasuja, Deputy Director, Union Ministry of Power, to the BBMB Chairman and the Chief Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Rajasthan on June 15. They mentioned that the matter had been examined and settled. “We are properly inside our proper to attract water for irrigation objective, as per our 7.19 per cent share, upheld even by the Supreme Court,” mentioned a senior authorities official.
It has been reliably learnt that no state really is aware of how a lot water is being drawn for irrigation objective. The Jal Shakti Department is getting the train accomplished in order to determine the quantum of water Himachal is drawing for irrigation objective.
“The matter has been examined and it has been determined that the BBMB might dispose of the current mechanism of an NOC with the situation that the cumulative withdrawal by Himachal is stored beneath their analogous 7.19 per cent share in energy, as determined by the Supreme Court,” the letter from the Union Ministry of Power reads.
The letter additionally mentions that “the BBMB shall solely perform a technical feasibility research for the withdrawal of water by Himachal for provide for irrigation objective. If it includes engineering constructions of the BBMB then convey the mandatory technical necessities to Himachal inside 60 days of the receipt of such a request”.
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