Process on to give jobs to members of displaced families
Jammu: After a struggle of nearly two decades, there is some good news for the displaced families of Ranjit Sagar Dam which had been left out from the employment package offered by the dam authorities, which have now initiated the process to fulfil their commitment of providing jobs to them.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said the state would get its share of water from Punjab following a three decade-long dispute over it.

"For the first time in 30 years, the state would be getting its share of water from Punjab's Ranjit Sagar Dam," Minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE), Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Moh-ud-Din, said while addressing a public rally in Doda district.

The state government has said it intended to buy back the Uri-I power project from the National Hydel Power Corporation (NHPC) for an estimated Rs 2,100 crore within two years.
“The government intends to buy back the Uri-I project, valued at Rs 2,100 crore, from the NHPC within two years, which is expected to generate an annual revenue of Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 1,500 crore for the state,” Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Taj Mohiuddin said at a seminar here yesterday.

Jalandhar: There is good news for farmers of Punjab and also adjoining states. The level of water in the Gobind Sagar reservoir at the Bhakra Dam and the Pong Dam is much higher this year compared to the corresponding period last year.

This will not only ensure uninterrupted supply of water for irrigation, but also adequate power.

As Punjab has backtracked on agreement signed with Jammu and Kashmir on the Ranjit Sagar Dam, the state government has decided to construct the remaining portion of the Ravi-Tawi canal on its own to get its share of water from the Ravi.

Winding up a debate on the budget of his ministry, Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Taj Mohi-ud Din said the work on the Ravi Tawi Canal was start

Against 220 lakh hydel units in mid-Dec, Punjab is now getting only 160 LU a day
Falling mercury levels in the north have hit electricity generation hard at the region

Jammu: Days after refusing to give land to Punjab for the Shahpur Kandi project, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has started a survey for a project to divert the Ravi waters before the Ranjit Sagar Dam for filling the incomplete Ravi Canal.

The canal will take water to the

Laments non-supply of power from Ranjit Sagar Dam
The Punjab Government currently passing through a political and financial crisis has another problem to take care of.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government may have been drawing a contingency plan to deal with its acute drinking water crisis, but it can do little to help the farmers get adequate water for irrigation.

The Opposition MLAs walked out of the Assembly on Wednesday protesting against inadequate supply of irrigation water to the farmers in Kota and Bikaner divisions of the State.

They alleged failure of the Government in procuring water from the Chambal and the Ravi-Beas river systems for the standing crops in Kota division and in the districts of Bikaner, Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh.