Water War: after HC orders serious situation may arise at Nangal Dam
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 8,2025
After the orders passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on May 7,2025 restraining Punjab government and its functionaries, including police personnel, from interfering in the day-to-day functioning, operation and regulation of the Bhakra Nangal Dam (BBMB), today the chairman BBMB Manoj Tripathi announces his visit to Nangal Dam.
After BBMB’s chairman decision to visit today at Nangal Dam and Lohand Control Room water regulation offices managed by the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), local MLA and Punjab cabinet minister Harjot Singh Bains reached Nangal Dam.
Bains also intimated CM Bhagwant Mann at Chandigarh. CM immediately decided to leave for Nangal where BBMB Chairman Manoj Tripathi is reaching with an intention to release extra water to Haryana as the Punjab and Haryana High Court had also directed the Punjab government to abide by the decision taken at a meeting held under the Union Home Secretary’s Chairmanship on May 2 to release 4,500 cusec additional water to Haryana over a period of eight days to meet its urgent requirement.
Water War: after HC orders serious situation may arise at Nangal Dam as Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Chairman will try to release water to Haryana and CM Bhagwant Mann will try to stop him in doing so.
The court’s intervention followed allegations that Punjab had deployed police personnel on May 1 to forcibly take control of the dam and control room, obstructing the operations of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).
The order was passed by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel on May 6, in response to multiple petitions, the main one by the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), concerning the management of the dam and distribution of its water.
