Minister urges release of water
1 Nov 2007, 0337 hrs IST
Times of India

PATNA: Water resources department (WRD) minister Ramashray Prasad
Singh has asked Union water resources minister Jay Prakash Narain
Yadav to release the requisite water share to the state from the
Rihand and Bansagar water reservoirs instead of making accusations
against the state government.

Singh was reacting to Yadav's statement in which he had mentioned that
the state government had not informed him about the shortage of water
in the Sone canal.

Singh said that even as senior engineers and officials of the WRD were
in constant touch with senior officials of the Rihand (Uttar Pradesh)
and Bansagar (Madhya Pradesh) water reservoirs, water had not been
released to the state.

The engineer-in-chief of the state WRD was camping at the Indrapuri
barrage but no effort was made to release water to Bihar.

He appealed to the junior Union minister to see to it that the
requisite water share for Bihar is released from the two reservoirs at
the earliest.