In a monumental breakthrough for inter-state water management, the governments of Rajasthan and Haryana signed a historic Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on Monday to implement the long-delayed Yamuna Water Project. The pact, signed in the national capital, operationalizes the 1994 Upper Yamuna River Board Agreement, effectively ending a 32-year-old water-sharing dispute.
Time was when the waters of Yamuna flowing past were pristine blue, but now it is considered to be one of the severely polluted rivers in the world. Referred to as “Delhi’s dying holy river”, plans to rejuvenate Yamuna ticks done right boxes but much more needs to be done for the river to get its freshwater back.
