Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday demanded that state the be made a full-fledged member in Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects by amending the Punjab Re-organisation Act of 1966 so that pending cases could be resolved at the earliest.
The controlled release of water from the Bhakra Dam, which meets irrigation requirements of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, into the Satluj river from August 16 helped in keeping the dam deflection angle under control, BBMB Chairman D.K. Sharma told IANS.
Excess water from the Pong dam on the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh will be released from Monday for 10 days, a Bhakra Beas Management Board official said.
Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) authorities have been releasing the water from Pandoh Dam since 9 am in view of the alarming situation of the silt in the reservoir as heavy rain has caused huge inflow in Beas River.
Nangal (Punjab): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits down to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Riverfront this Wednesday, it will not be a first such riverfront interaction between two top leaders of
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