Accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders of doing petty politics on the issue of water sharing, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday asked the Delhi Government to convince Punjab Government to release Haryana’s legitimate share of water at the earliest. “I promise that the day Punjab will give our share, Haryana will increase Delhi’s current water share. At present Haryana is releasing more than 1049 cusecs of water to Delhi, he added.
A few days ago, the Delhi government had sent an SOS to Haryana, urging it to release additional water in the Yamuna river to prevent a crisis in the national capital. Khattar said Haryana has been adhering to the water-sharing arrangement with Delhi and releasing more than 1,049 cusecs of Yamuna water every day. ''We cannot deprive Haryana of its water and give Delhi more than their legitimate share,'' he said.
''Instead of doing petty politics on the water issue, the Delhi government should convince the Punjab government to release Haryana's legitimate share of water at the earliest. I promise that the day Punjab will give our share, Haryana will increase Delhi's current water share,'' said Khattar here.
He said whenever the Delhi Jal Board approached the court, it has always been proved that Haryana is releasing more than 1049 cusecs of water from the Munak headworks against their share of 719 cusecs. ''Haryana has been supplying water to Haiderpur Water Treatment Plant, Nangloi Water Treatment Plant and Wazirabad/Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant in Delhi,'' said the CM.
He said on February 29, 1996, the Supreme Court had directed Haryana to provide an additional 330 cusecs of water per day to Delhi. Earlier, Delhi's share in water was 719 cusecs per day. In compliance with these orders, Delhi is being given 1,049 cusecs of water every day. The Delhi government is now lying about the water issue, which is very unfortunate, said Khattar, adding, ''The Delhi government should understand that it is not the responsibility of Haryana alone to meet their drinking water requirement. Like us, they too can also plan on formulating water management schemes.''
On the power situation, Khattar said the state in the past few days faced power shortages of up to 1,800 MW. This was due to non-availability of power from multiple sources, he said. The electricity consumption has increased this year as compared with last year. At present the demand for electricity is 700 to 800 lakh units more than last year. Also, presently the maximum demand of the state has reached 9,874 MW while the power supply is also 9,874 MW. ''Since May 16, we have been able to supply electricity equal to the consumption,'' said Khattar. He said Haryana has also started getting 600 MW of power from Adani power. By May 30, additional 600 MW power is likely to be available from Khedar Unit 2, he said.
''There is also a plan to set up power plants outside the state. Besides, various power saving measures have also been adopted by the state,'' said Khattar.
LAUNCHES PORTAL FOR COMPENSATION TO FARMERS
Khattar also launched a new portal, ''e-Fasal Kshatipoorti''. Through this portal, the compensation amount will be deposited directly into the verified account of the farmer on ''Meri Fasal-Mera Byora'' scheme. He said compensation will be given for crop loss due to fire, flood, hailstorm, drought, cold wave, earthquake, landslide, cloudburst, water-logging, heavy rain, insect attack and dust storm. Khattar also said the schools from Classes I to XII running in one building across the state will be merged.
The Chief Minister said that with the launch of this portal, the farmers who have not registered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana would get the benefit given under the portal 'e-Fasal Kshatipoorti. "With IT reforms, we have worked towards 'Ease of Living' for every section of the society. After the unprecedented success of the ‘Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' portal, the 'e-Fasal Kshatipoorti portal has been launched today, he added. Now the farmers have to just register themselves on 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' portal only. The farmer’s Khasra number should not be registered under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. The Farmers can check their application status from time to time on this portal. For registration, sharing of registered mobile number, the Parivar Pehchan Patra ID, 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' registration number will be mandatory, said the Chief Minister.
He said that the crop compensation would be given in 5 slabs including 0 to 24 per cent, 25 to 32 percent, 33 to 49 percent, 50 to 74 percent, and 75 to 100 percent. The concerned Patwari, Kanungo and Tehsildar will do the login from the respective login form from their registered mobile number. They will be able to view the application submitted by the farmer for crop loss. After this, they will fill the crop loss percentage and Khasra number photo and will also submit their feedback. Besides this, the SDM would also log in with their login form and view the mismatched data submitted by Patwari, Kanungo and Tehsildar. They would also do the re-verification of complaints lodged by farmers.
FIVE SERVICES OF HSVP LAUNCHED
Khattar also launched five exclusive services of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP). These five exclusive services aim to give a new impetus to the State Government's Ease of living goal, said Khattar. He said that this is an integral process in coordination with the Revenue Department, which will reduce the hassle for the allottee. In this, some unnecessary processes like application for re-allotment, OTP etc. have been eliminated. The allotment service period has been reduced to 1 day (earlier it was 4 days), he added.
SCHOOLS RUNNING IN ONE BUILDING WILL BE MERGED INTO ONE
Khattar said that the schools from Classes I to XII running in one building across the state will be merged into one and the head of these schools will also be the same. Along with this, teachers will also be rationalized soon and the government is going to make a new system in this regard soon. He said that most of the schools are such that different primary, higher and senior secondary schools are running in the same building and they also have separate heads. "The government is soon going to integrate these schools and the teachers of these schools will also be rationalised. With this, the shortage of teachers will be filled, if there is still a shortage, then the government will fill it soon," he said.