Shruti Chaudhary calls for urgent action on Upper Yamuna projects, citing delays in Renuka, Kishau, and Lakhwar affecting Delhi-Haryana water supply.

Mrs. Shruti Chaudhary, the minister of irrigation and water resources for Haryana, emphasized the necessity of accelerating all interstate water projects under the Upper Yamuna projects Review Committee. She voiced concerns about the delayed completion of important projects including Renuka, Kishau, and Lakhwar as well as the Yamuna water management as outlined in the 1994 Water-Sharing Agreement. According to her, these projects must be finished on schedule in order to fulfill Delhi’s and Haryana’s future water needs.

These comments were delivered by Mrs. Shruti Chaudhary at the Upper Yamuna Review Committee’s ninth meeting, which was chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister Mr. C.R. Patil and held in Noida.

She claimed that the disagreement between Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh over the cost share of the power component is the reason why the Kishau project is still on hold. In order to address this problem and allow the project to proceed, she requested that a joint conference of all states involved be called as soon as possible.

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The conference was also attended by Mr. Swatantra Dev Singh, the Jal Shakti Minister of Uttar Pradesh; Mr. Satpal Ji Maharaj, the Irrigation Minister of Uttarakhand; Mr. Suresh Singh Rawat, the Irrigation Minister of Rajasthan; and Mr. Parvesh Sahib Singh, the Irrigation Minister of Delhi.

In order to keep a careful eye on the Renuka and Lakhwar projects, Mrs. Chaudhary also proposed establishing high-level monthly review sessions throughout the conference. She reaffirmed that completing these projects on schedule would contribute to meeting Delhi’s and Haryana’s future water needs. She noted that expediting Yamuna water projects would greatly increase the state’s water supply and help important industries like agriculture and drinking water delivery, and she hoped the committee would take her recommendations seriously.