DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 (PAGE 9) Govt of India never bothered about Manyal addresses series Better synergy saved 0.674 mn acre-feet of plights of border residents: Javed Rana India’s share of Indus water from flowing to Pak NEW DELHI, Apr 3: states were met and the excess Excelsior Correspondent one from the Centre ever visited of meetings in Samba water which would have flown to these areas to redress suffer- Better coordination with MENDHAR, Apr 3: Holding Excelsior Correspondent going to be constructed for bor- downstream to Pakistan was ings of border dwellers,” he partner states and close monitor- Government of India responsi- der inhabitants to shift the bor- stopped," the source said. said. JAMMU, Apr 3: State BJP ing by the Bhakra Beas ble for the miseries of border der people in case of border ten- The data on this has not been Rana further said that only Vice president and former Management Board saved 0.674 residents, senior National sion," he said. officially released by the min- substantive dialogue between Minister Dr. Devinder Manyar million acre-feet of India's share Conference leader, Javed Dr. Manyal termed Narendra istry. both the countries will yield has stated that only Prime of Indus water which would oth- Ahmed Rana today lashed out at Modi as a visionary leader who Under the 1960 Indus Water results and the tension at the Minister Narendra Modi can erwise have flown to Pakistan, the Centre for playing politics has the vision of taking India to Treaty, India has rights over NC State Secretary and former Minister Surjeet Singh Slathia border will ease down. “We both ensure Country's all round Water Resources Ministry over the lives of border resi- newer heights of progress and three eastern rivers — Ravi, addressing a gathering in Udhampur on Wednesday. need to understand that only progress. sources said today. dents. prosperity. He termed historic Beas and Sutlej. Pakistan has fruitful talks between both the Dr. Manyal today visited The water saved will now be Addressing a gathering at the decision of giving 3% reser- rights over Indus, Chenab and Rakh Amb Talli, Rehian, used during the summer season NC will fight communal Chhatral, Rana said that the nuclear power nations will help vation to border people which Jhelum. Panjtilla, Sadoh, Kungwala, when the supply is scarce, they Government of India never us to achieve what we wanted to will give more employment to The Bhakra Beas Kullian, Pangdhour and Kadgal said. bothered about the plight of bor- achieve in the past 70 years. But educated youth of border vil- Management Board plays a cru- border villages of Samba con- Explaining the initiative, the forces with full might: Slathia der residents and instead played I think that the present dispensa- lages who Jive in constant dan- cial role distributing the water stituency and addressed series of sources said the Board decided Excelsior Correspondent in the larger interest of the state politics over their lives. They are tion has never bothered to ger of Pak sponsored terrorism from the three eastern rivers to public meetings there. to release less amount of water and its people. He said his party living in fear due to continuous address this problem and instead the riparian states in India. UDHAMPUR Apr 3: National The people of border belt and shelling. than what was demanded by the has espoused the cause of the peo- ceasefire violations at the LoC, made such statements which It manages four major dams Conference State Secretary and thanked for former MLA for Senior BJP leader Kashmira riparian states, expecting that ple, irrespective of caste, creed he added. have always escalated tension — Bhakra, Nangal, Beas, former minister Surjeet Singh black topping of Samba Singh, Amar Singh, Karan the shortfall would be met by and colour even during most test- Lashing at Prime Minister on both the sides,” he alleged. Pandoh and Pong. Slathia today cautioned people Pangdhour road. Dr. Manyal Singh, Sarpanch Raghubir smaller streams and canals ing times. He said that his party Modi for making false promises, Rana demanded compensa- The Board also looks after against elements inimical to the apprised that widening of this Singh, Ranjit Singh, Gulzar, downstream. believes in social justice, equality Rana said, “Modi ji has lost tion for all recently affected per- barrages and a vast network of time tested secular fabric of the road has been taken up in cur- Vikka, Devinder Singh, Col. The supply from the streams and dignified way of life for the credibility to rule this country. sons and also for the family of canals that take the waters right State, saying time has come to rent financial year. "This win Som Dutt, Bodh Raj, Romesh and the canals were previously people of all the three regions and He never bothered to come and deceased who passed away two up to the border along Punjab shrink their political space. provide facility of hassle free Bardhan, Anchal Singh and oth- not factored in. this mission will be pursued with see condition of the people liv- days ago due to ceasefire viola- and Haryana. Addressing workers meeting, travelling to the border villagers. ers also addressed the public The sources said the riparian missionary zeal. ing at the border. BJP played tion. Of the total 168 million acre- held as part of the campaign for the Besides a Seema Bhawan is also meetings. states, between May 21 and Sept Addressing the gathering, vote bank politics by luring the Those who addressed the feet, India's share of water from Congress candidate for Udhampur- 30 last year, had demanded Provincial Vice President Jugal border dwellers that their issues gathering, included Ch Wali the three allotted rivers is 33 Doda-Kathua Parliamentary 8.043 million acre-feet (MAF) Mahajan cautioned the people including permanent rehabilita- Dad, Adv Nazir Hussain, Mian Both BJP, Cong number one million acre-feet, which is near- Constituency Vikramaditiya Singh, against ugly ploys of communal of water from Bhakra and Pong here this afternoon, Slathia said tion and plots at safer places will Sheraz Azhari, Ch Mohd Zaman ly 20 per cent. forces, saying they tend to assume reservoirs to meet their require- that National Conference has all be mitigated permanently but no and others. India uses 93-94 per cent of the role of self styled guardians of ments. along fought the vicious game plan enemy of PoK DPs: Chuni its share under the Indus Waters the people with an eye on votes. These states are: Rajasthan, of communal forces in the past and Excelsior Correspondent Chuni said, "Even the promise Treaty. The rest remains Mahajan hoped that the saga- DEO flags-off ‘Divyang Doots’ to settle these border inhabitants Haryana, Punjab and Himachal unutilised and flows into will do so in future as well with JAMMU, Apr 3: Further cious electors will not oblige the at safer places by giving them Pradesh. Pakistan. support of the people of Jammu, intensifying his election cam- reactionary forces by reacting to five marla plots was also not ful- The Board studied the flow After the 2016 Uri attack, the Kashmir and Ladakh. to facilitate PwD voters paign, prominent leader of PoK their gimmicks, as BJP's inherent filled with the result that our from smaller streams into the ministry sources said, directions He said National Conference Excelsior Correspondent truly accessible", he added. Displaced Persons, Rajiv Chuni, agenda of divide and rule is not community is still facing fre- reservoirs and canals down- were issued to ensure excess has a chequred history of fighting As a part of the Accessibility who is contesting as independ- new for them. UDHAMPUR, Apr 3: quent migration to schools at the stream. "We realised that even if water from India's share under exploitative and disruptive ele- Plan for PwD voters, the ent candidate in the Lok Sabha District President Sunil Verma District Election Officer, Dr. time of border shelling". little less water is released from the Treaty is not allowed to flow ments who want to create wedge Divyang Doots are tasked to fur- polls from Jammu-Poonch also addressed the workers and Piyush Singla today flagged off Holding both Congress and the main reservoir, the require- into Pakistan. between the people on the basis of ther ease the voting experience Parliamentary seat, launched a region and religion. "This spirit urged the people to gear up for the team of NYK volunteers - BJP responsible for the woes of ment of the states can be met Accordingly, the Board was of such voters by identifying and scathing attack on both BJP and has been a guiding force for the meeting the challenges faced to Divyang Doots to facilitate the PoK DPs, Chuni said that from the water released from asked to take steps to arrest the flagging them on the electoral Congress, which, he said, are party which has made it a mass the State. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Congress delayed the package smaller streams," one of the flow of excess water that had rolls through the PwD Electoral number one enemy of the PoK movement", he maintained. District Secretary Ram voters in exercising their right to till fag end of its Government in sources said. been flowing to Pakistan. Services Extension App, and Displaced community. Slathia recalled the sacrifices Parshotam and Block Presidents franchise. the State while BJP reduced the So the actual amount of Three projects, including the coordinating with their subse- Addressing a number of pub- offered by National Conference and Secretaries of the Uhdampur Addressing the gathering of same from more than nine thou- water released during the period Shahpur Kandi dam project, a quent requests for wheelchairs lic meetings during his tour to while fighting these elements and District also addressed the meet- the Divyang Doots, Dr.