Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Punjab Water Resources and Soil and Water Conservation Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Thursday said the government has achieved a major breakthrough in the long-neglected Kandi belt, by commissioning a major project to initially irrigate 4,000 acres of rainfed semi-hilly terrain, turning it into cultivable land.With the Rs 214 crore Kathgarh Lift Irrigation Scheme bringing canal water to higher altitudes for the first time, Goyal emphasised the government’s pro-farm…
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Chandigarh, Jan 27 (IANS) Meeting in joint capital Chandigarh to amicably resolve the decades-long Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing dispute between their states, Chief Ministers of both Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday said that their talks were positive and in the coming time, there would be discussions at the officer level.In a joint press briefing after the meeting, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the issue has been pending for years. “I kept my views, he (Haryana counterpar…