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Water Supply Must Be Ensured on Priority Basis Across the State: CM
Chief Minister reviews drinking water and irrigation water situation with officials of Public Health and Irrigation Departments
Chandigarh, 2 May 2026
Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said that keeping in view the summer season, the supply of drinking water must be ensured on a priority basis in all parts of the state. All ponds, waterworks, and other reservoirs should be kept filled.
The Chief Minister gave these directions on Saturday while reviewing the status of drinking water and agricultural irrigation water with officials of the Public Health Department, Irrigation Department, and other departments at the Civil Secretariat. He said that a meeting with the Ministry of Jal Shakti regarding Kishau and other water projects related to Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh would be held soon, in which officials from these states would also participate.
The Chief Minister said that considering the summer season, there should be no shortage of drinking water and irrigation water in rural and urban areas of the state. He said that all waterworks and ponds connected to canals for drinking water should be kept filled. In areas where water supply is tube well-based, if any tube well becomes non-functional, it should be repaired on priority. He also directed that if required, water should be supplied to people through tankers.
During the meeting, officials informed the Chief Minister that the water situation in Bhakra Dam is quite good this year. At present, the water level in Bhakra Dam is 36 feet higher. Haryana has so far utilized only 75–76 percent of its allocated share of water from Bhakra Dam.
The Chief Minister also reviewed the availability of water in rural waterworks. Officials informed that the state has 4,000 single-village based waterworks, while 2,500 waterworks cater to more than one village. They said that all these waterworks are connected to canals and currently have sufficient drinking water available.
The Chief Minister also reviewed canal cleaning, repair, and reconstruction works and directed that all such works should be completed at a fast pace.
Sh. Nayab Singh Saini also directed that works related to Chief Minister’s announcements should be completed on priority. He said that he would soon review the progress of Chief Minister’s announcements with the Additional Chief Secretaries.
The Chief Minister said that works related to street lights and village peripheral roads (phirnis) should also be completed on priority. Keeping in view the upcoming monsoon season, saplings should be planted along roads leading to villages and on village phirnis. Sarpanches should also be asked to provide a list of such places where plantation can be carried out.
On this occasion, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sh. Arun Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department and Panchayats Department, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar, and Commissioner and Secretary, Public Health Department, J. Ganesan, along with officers of other departments, were also present.
