Haryana accuses Delhi of water wastage

October 14th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana voters set a new record for the state, registering 72.71 percent balloting in Tuesday's assembly election. The previous record was 72.65 percent in 1967.

October 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the controversial issue of sharing of water between Haryana and Punjab should be sorted out through talks. The water sharing has been a thorny issue between both states with Haryana seeking completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and Punjab opposing the move.

October 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Congress Party in Haryana promised food grains for the poor at cheap rates and better governance in its manifesto for the October 13 assembly elections. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress general secretary in-charge for Haryana affairs Prithviraj Chavan released the party's election manifesto here on Wednesday.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The water level in the Yamuna river Monday started receding along its length in the national capital, though it continued to flow above the danger mark, an official said. By 9 a.m. today (Monday) the water level was 205.22 metres.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The rain-swollen Yamuna river crossed the danger mark Sunday, increasing the risk of floods in the low-lying areas along its banks, an official said. The water has reached 205.17 metres, which is well above the danger mark of 204.83 metres, an official of the flood control department told IANS.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A flood alert was sounded in the capital after two days of continuous rainfall led to rising water levels in the Yamuna and Haryana too released over four lakh cusecs of water into the river. The Haryana government has released nearly 420,000 cusecs of water from Hathnikund barrage and it takes 36-72 hours for that water to reach the national capital.

August 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana government Tuesday sought the central government's intervention to save the Yamuna river and to reduce the pollution level in its waters. "The BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) value of water in Yamuna river, at the entry point to Delhi from Haryana, ranges from 1.44 to 2.76 milligrams per litre against the permissible limit of 3 milligrams per litre," the state's Environment, Forests and Tourism Minister Kiran Choudhry Tuesday said at the conference of the forest and environment ministers in New Delhi.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the wake of a poor monsoon in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday urged the central government to allocate 400 MW additional power from the unallocated pool of central generation. In response to our earlier request, the central government had allocated only 100 MW of additional power for Haryana.

July 1st, 2009 SHIMLA - Punjab and Haryana have started getting more electricity from Himachal Pradesh from Wednesday, say officials. "Now, Punjab will get an additional 10 lakh units and Haryana four lakh units daily till the month-end," said Suneel Grover, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board's director of generation.

June 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - More water would be released from Bhakra and Pong dams after the level in their reservoirs increased in the last few days, an official said Tuesday much to the relief of Punjab and Haryana paddy farmers. A spokesman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), that manages these dams, said the water release was being restored to 28,000 cusecs from Bhakra Dam while from Pong Dam it will be 7,000 cusecs.

June 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The depleting water level in the Bhakra Nangal dam is going to further problems of many north Indian States who depend heavily on it for irrigation and drinking water purposes. With a delayed monsoon and prevailing heat conditions, the level of water has reduced to 1,504 feet (450 metres), which is 90 feet less than what it was at the corresponding time last year.

June 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana government has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get an early clearance for the Rs.20.8 billion (Rs.2,082 crore) Delhi-Faridabad metro project from the Delhi government. "The detailed project report of Delhi-Faridabad metro project, having a length of 13.875 km, was prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL).

February 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The future of mining at Aravali hills in Faridabad district in Haryana will be decided by Punjab and Haryana High Court here March 2. The court Wednesday announced that it would listen to the arguments on March 2 and take up the issue of extending the mining lease for another two years at Aravali hills.

February 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has sought Canadian expertise in food processing to reduce wastage of agri-products, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said here Sunday. 'We are among the top producers of vegetables and fruits in the world.

January 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Planning Commission has agreed to allocate an outlay of Rs.100 billion (Rs.10,000 crore) to Haryana for 2009-10, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Friday. The outlay is over 50 percent more than the total outlay of Rs.66.5 billion (Rs.6,650 crore) approved for the state last fiscal.