Chandigarh: As per the media reports the Punjab government is likely to bring a new bill on the issue of Punjab river water disputes.
Punjab government of Badal-BJP combine led by CM Prakash Singh Badal has accused the Central government of India for “grave injustice”meet out to state of Punjab and said that they were examining the legal option to stop current flow of Punjab’s river waters to its non-riparian states.
“The Constitution clearly forbids the Centre from arrogating to itself the right to adjudicate on distribution of river waters among states. Grave injustice has been done to Punjab by the Centre, violating this Constitutional clause,” CM Badal said in his letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, seeking audience, along with council of ministers.
Hindustan times (HT)quotes undisclosed sources in the Punjab government saying that the fresh bill is likely to be introduced at a special session of the assembly, convened on November 16 to discuss the verdict issued by SC two days ago.
“Government sources say at the heart of the move to bill a fresh bill is to go beyond the 2004 act, particularly clause 5 that mandates flow of river waters to Haryana and Rajasthan”, notes HT.