Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday accused the Centre of giving “step-motherly” treatment to Punjab and said such type of discriminatory treatment is unwarranted.Participating in the meeting of 10th Governing Council of the Niti Aayog here, the chief minister raised the issues concerning the state while reiterating that Punjab has no surplus water for any state.Amid the ongoing row over the sharing of water issue, the chief minister asserted that in wake of grim situation of water in the state a Yamuna-Sutlej-Link (YSL) canal should be considered for construction instead of the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.advertisementMann said that Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers are already in deficit and water should be diverted from surplus to deficit basins.He said that Punjab has repeatedly requested to be included in negotiations for the allocation of Yamuna waters as a pact for Yamuna-Sutlej-Link Project was signed between the erstwhile Punjab and Uttar Pradesh on March 12, 1954, which entitled the erstwhile Punjab to two-thirds of the Yamuna waters.The chief minister said that this agreement did not specify any particular area to be irrigated by Yamuna waters, adding that before the re-organization, the Yamuna River, like the Ravi and Beas, flowed through the erstwhile state of Punjab.However, while apportioning the river waters between Punjab and Haryana, the Yamuna waters were not considered, whereas the waters of Ravi and Beas were duly taken into account, he lamented.advertisementCiting 1972 report by the Irrigation Commission, constituted by the Government of India, Mann said that it states that Punjab (post-1966, after its reorganisation) falls within the Yamuna River Basin.The chief minister said that if Haryana has a claim over the waters of Ravi and Beas rivers, Punjab should also have an equal claim on the Yamuna waters. He said that these requests have been ignored, adding that due to non-construction of storage structure on Yamuna River, water is going to waste.Bhagwant Mann pleaded that Punjab’s claim should be considered during the revision of this agreement, and Punjab should be given its due rights to Yamuna waters.Raising the issue of “bias approach” of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), the chief minister said that the Board was constituted under the provisions of the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966, with the mandate to regulate the supply of water and power from the Bhakra, Nangal and Beas projects to the partner states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh.He said that in the past Punjab has been very liberal in sharing water with the partner states to meet their drinking water and other genuine requirements as Punjab was relying upon its groundwater reserves to meet its demand of water, particularly for the paddy crop.advertisementMann said that as a result, the groundwater level has depleted to a huge extent, so much so that 115 blocks out of 153 blocks of the state (76.10 per cent) are in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. 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Bhagwant Mann claims that the central government is showing favoritism and is pushing for a larger allocation of water resources for Punjab.
