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Haryana to give Delhi 610 cusecs water

A Group of Ministers (GoM) which met in New Delhi has resolved the long-standing water sharing dispute between Delhi and Haryana. Haryana has agreed to release an additional 610 cusecs of Yamuna Water in Munak canal for the national capital.AIR correspondent reports, as per the understanding, Haryana will give Delhi 610 cusecs water 17,273 litres per second at Munak Canal.The water supply will be in addition to the 125 cusecs Haryana is already providing to Delhi at Nangloi. The 610 Cusecs of water was agreed upon by the two states as per a 1994 agreement.In January this year, the Centre had stepped in to resolve the water sharing dispute between Delhi and Haryana by forming a four-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram.Other members of the GoM are HRD Minister Kapil Sibal,Law Minister Salman Khurshid and Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The two Chief Ministers, Sheila Dikshit and Bhupinder Singh Hooda, attended the meetings as special invitees.

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