The 16 year long tussle between the Uttar Pradesh irrigation department and Uttarakhand irrigation department over the division of assets has finally come to an end. The control of 28 minor canals have been transferred to the State of Uttarakhand however the transfer of 276 resident accommodations and 2 guest houses still remains pending. With the control coming to the Uttarakhand, the farmers of the state would no longer face water crisis in summers when the water level comes down.
During a meeting held between the officials of the UP irrigation department and Uttarakhand the transfer papers of the properties were exchanged. These include 17 canals of irrigation department of Haridwar and 11 come under the Roorkee division.
Speaking to The Pioneer, the executive engineer Haridwar irrigation department S P Joshi said, “From the northern division of ganga canal in Haridwar16 canals and one canal from eastern part has been transferred while all the canals under Roorkee division have been transferred from the middle stream. Now sufficient water supply shall be maintained in the canals round the year. ”
Amongst others executive engineer of irrigation department of UP Meerut K Sharma, executive engineer of UP irrigation department Chandrabhan Yadav, sub divisional officer Sushil Yadav and chief engineer of Uttarakhand irrigation department Dinesh Chandra, executive engineer Roorkee, Vikas Srivastava were present.