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Ruckus over ''water sharing'' in Rajasthan Assembly

Jaipur, March 22 (UNI) Rajasthan Irrigation Minister Sanwar Lal Jat today told the Vidhan Sabha that the state was fully capable of utilising its alloted water share from Punjab under the Ravi-Beas River Water Agreement of 1981.

His remark came amid the din created by the legislators over the allotment of water for Rajasthan from Punjab.

During the Question Hour, Congress legislator C P Joshi raised the issue and challenged the legislators of the ruling party to pass a proposal demanding Rajasthan's due share of water from Punjab.

He said the BJP legislators in Punjab should resign if the water sharing issue failed to materialised.

On this, the legislators started shouting and charged each other with not doing enough for the welfare of the state.

He urged all the legislators to appeal to the Centre to raise the issue with the Punjab government.

The state government has been writing letters to the Centre for the last three years and making all possible efforts to bring water to the state, Mr Jat said.

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No consular access to indians in Pak jail: Pranab

New Delhi, Mar 14:  The government today informed the Lok Sabha that at least 92 Indian civilian prisoners in Pakistani jails have yet not been given consular access."Besides 390 fishermen and 149 civilian prisoners and 74 PoWs are still languishing in Pakistani jails," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a written reply.The minister was asked whether the government had any reports of inhuman treatment meted out to Indian prisoners in Paksitan.The minsiter said Indian prisoners released by Pakistan had reported.....
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