Chandigarh , May 3: The decision of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) to release 4,500 cusecs of additional water daily from Bhakra dams to Haryana for the next eight days has made the clear stand of the Bharatiya Janata Party Punjab Pradesh on the water dispute. Paramjit Singh Kainth, Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party Scheduled Caste Morcha said that the political propaganda being done against BJP has been made clear in the all-party meeting on the water dispute. Political parties in Punjab try to make a living out of political gains but adopt a lax attitude on the issues of Punjab. BJP leader Sardar Kainth said the BBMB, which oversees water distribution from the Bhakra, Pong and Ranjit Sagar dams, was constituted under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. The primary function of the BBMB is to regulate the supply of water and power to Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. There has never been such a deadlock before and experience old timers who have worked in the BBMB said there had been differences on several occasions in the past and matters were resolved amicably. But now instead of discussing the issue, politics is being done which is unfortunate.

A statutory body constituted under Section 79 and Section 80 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, the BBMB is headed by a chairman and has two full-time members, designated as Member (Irrigation), who hails from Haryana for instance, and a Member (Power) from Punjab.

India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty from its side after the terrorist attack in the Baisaran Valley of Pahalgam in Kashmir in which 28 Indian citizens were killed. The recent decisions taken by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi like scrapping the Indus Water Treaty will greatly benefit Punjab as there will be no problem of water dispute.