Shekhawati region in Rajasthan to get Yamuna water soon: C R Patil

Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil said that Shekhawati region in Rajasthan will soon get its due share in water from the Yamuna under tripartite agreement involving Haryana and the Centre, besides Rajasthan.

Talking to media persons at the ruling BJP’s state headquarters here on Saturday afternoon, Patil said, “Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini on Saturday has approved the Draft Proposal Report (DPR) of the work prepared by the joint team of officials from the two states.

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This project is being undertaken under the agreement signed by Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and his Haryana counterpart Saini in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi two years ago.

He said that DPR was also being scrutinised by officials in the Jal Shakti Ministry and soon would be reverted back to the states for commencement of work. Since the water has to be fetched by the pipeline from Yamuna through Haryana, this is unlikely to take much time and hopefully would not be delayed further, Patil said.

He said that the share in the Yamuna water for Shekhawati has been Rajasthan’s due right. This could not be procured earlier in the want of efforts by the previous governments (with divergent leadership, allegiance or ideology). However, on attaining the power in the 2023 Rajasthan assembly elections by the BJP, Chief Minister Sharma remained in action mode from the day-one after assuming the office and made constant efforts to get the things done.

“Whenever he pays visits to Delhi he makes efforts and gets one thing or the other done for the state. He also would meet me and discuss this matter or the other pending schemes for the state, the Union minister said, striking a note of appreciation for CM.

He also talked of a prolonged phase of “political stability” at the Centre for the past 16 years that according to him has resulted in the fast economic growth in the country which in turn has benefited every sphere and every individual. “This is for the first time in Indian history when nine times in a row, the Union budget was presented by the same finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, that too under leadership of the (same) Prime Minister.

Budgeting by the same Finance Minister for a prolonged period as prolonged as 9 years, that too under the same Prime Minister, as strong as Narendra Modi, gave free working space to the FM which facilitated faster growth in the economy. This sense of political stability for such a prolonged spell is happening for the first time in our history, making India the fastest growing economy of the world, Patil said.

The result is that from the 11th ranked economy under an economist, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in 2014, we are set to soon become the 3rd largest economy of the world, he said adding this has benefited every one in each and every walk of life.

This enabled Finance Minister Sitharaman to present a forward looking union budget 2026 – 27 that will empower every stratum and all regions of the country.

Healthy economic growth facilitated the FM to make – grant the fund allocations liberally to all states in all sectors, including social security, water, energy and even defence and all sectors and arenas have now been making new strides to compete with the world powers.

Even our defence production sector has been getting global recognition for its bankable products-arms, ammunition and other equipment of world class quality and precision. The Operation Sindoor has revealed before the world the accuracy and class of these India made products, Patil proudly asserted.