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Rajasthan Water Resources Minister Suresh Singh Rawat connected Friday (May 15, 2026) sought imperishable rank for the State successful the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), saying Rajasthan holds a 52.96% stock successful the Ravi-Beas waters. No authoritative from the State has truthful acold been appointed a subordinate of the Board.
Mr. Rawat attended a relation marking the completion of 50 years of the constitution of BBMB astatine Panchkula successful Haryana. “Since the irrigation, drinking h2o and different requirements of occidental Rajasthan’s districts beryllium connected the BBMB system, it is indispensable that the State beryllium accorded due practice connected the Board,” Mr. Rawat said.
The Minister said due decisions regarding h2o retention up to the maximum reservoir level of dams nether the BBMB should beryllium taken expeditiously aft the completion of indispensable studies. In the realm of cutting-edge technology, the inferior of floating star and pumped retention powerfulness plants should besides beryllium assessed and their implementation undertaken, helium said.
Mr. Rawat laid accent connected an extended utilisation of real-time discharge monitoring, automated gauging systems, satellite-based h2o management, integer information signaling and transparent online information sharing successful the contiguous integer era. He said this would fortify spot and transparency among the States covered by the BBMB.
“The Ravi-Beas-Sutlej stream strategy has played a pivotal relation successful transforming the arid portion of Rajasthan into a lush greenish scenery and fostering economical prosperity during the past fewer decades,” Mr. Rawat said. As Rajasthan was situated astatine the tail-end of the system, h2o organisation indispensable beryllium ensured with transparency, timeliness and impartiality to conscionable the requirements, helium said.
Mr. Rawat urged the Centre to supply “equitable representation” to Rajasthan by creating an further station of a full-time subordinate from the State successful the BBMB.
Union Minister for Power, Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, Punjab Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal, Haryana Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Shruti Choudhary, and BBMB president Manoj Tripathi were among those who attended the function.
