Rajasthan seeks permanent membership in Bhakra Beas Management Board

Rajasthan Water Resources Minister Suresh Singh Rawat on Friday (Would per chance perchance perchance also 15, 2026) sought permanent membership for the Relate in the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), pronouncing Rajasthan holds a 52.96% section in the Ravi-Beas waters. No official from the Relate has to this level been appointed a member of the Board.

Mr. Rawat attended a neutral marking the completion of 50 years of the institution of BBMB at Panchkula in Haryana. “Since the irrigation, ingesting water and varied necessities of western Rajasthan’s districts depend on the BBMB system, it is valuable that the Relate be accorded appropriate illustration on the Board,” Mr. Rawat acknowledged.

The Minister acknowledged appropriate decisions concerning water storage up to the most reservoir level of dams under the BBMB need to be taken hasty after the completion of mandatory overview. Within the realm of reducing-edge technology, the utility of floating solar and pumped storage vitality vegetation need to furthermore be assessed and their implementation undertaken, he acknowledged.

Mr. Rawat laid emphasis on an wide utilisation of steady-time discharge monitoring, automatic gauging techniques, satellite tv for computer-essentially based mostly water administration, digital recordsdata recording and clear online recordsdata sharing in the gift digital technology. He acknowledged this might perchance per chance give a rob to belief and transparency among the many States covered by the BBMB.

“The Ravi-Beas-Sutlej river system has played a pivotal role in reworking the arid fetch 22 situation of Rajasthan into a lush green panorama and fostering economic prosperity throughout the final few a few years,” Mr. Rawat acknowledged. As Rajasthan turned into positioned at the tail-pause of the system, water distribution need to be ensured with transparency, timeliness and impartiality to fulfill the necessities, he acknowledged.

Mr. Rawat urged the Centre to create “equitable illustration” to Rajasthan by increasing a further post of a stout-time member from the Relate in the BBMB.

Union Minister for Energy, Housing and City Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, Punjab Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal, Haryana Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Shruti Choudhary, and BBMB chairman Manoj Tripathi dangle been among of us that attended the neutral.