Rajasthan, Punjab at loggerheads over sharing of IGNP water

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TheRajasthangovernment is again at loggerheads with thePunjabgovernment over the closing duration of the Indira Gandhi Nahar Project (IGNP).

Rajasthan has proposed the closure of the IGNP for 60 days from March 20 to May 20, while Punjab is adamant to close it for 70 days from March 1 to May 15.

The department of water resource has shot a letter to its counterpart in Punjab arguing that the state doesnt have

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enough Resources“>Water Resources/banks to store water for more than 60 days. The state wanted the closure to take place after Holi which is falling on March 17-18.

Punjab is adamantly citing the reason that the central government has set the deadline of 2022 for the repair of the entire IGNP in 2019.