Summary:
We are getting only 7.5 per cent of water share even though we constitute 19 per cent of land mass of the state. Speaking to The Indian Express, Rana Gurjit said that it was the right of the elected representatives to ask for facilities in their area. The former minister said that the Doaba region was water starved with black zones throughout the region. Apart from Rana Gurjit, another Congress MLA, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, also expressed his dissatisfaction with the pace of work in his constituency in Khanna. Rana Gurjit went on to say that Doaba was not getting the fair percentage of share in state’s waters even though all major rivers run through the region..