THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL)
(a) to (d): An agreement was reached between the States of Punjab,
Haryana and Rajasthan and Government of India on 10.05.1984 wherein it was
agreed that in view of the claims raised by Haryana and Rajasthan for sharing
of power in Anandpur Sahib Hydel Project, Mukerian Hydel Project, Thein Dam
Project, UBDC Stage-II and ShahpurKandi Hydel Scheme, the Government of
India shall refer the matter to the Supreme Court for its opinion. The opinion of
the Hon`ble Supreme Court was to be sought on whether the States of
Rajasthan and Haryana are entitled to a share in the power generated from
these hydel schemes and in case they are, what would be the share of each
State.
However, subsequently in the discussions held between the Chief
Ministers of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan on 29-30 July, 1992 and 6th August,
1992 a consensus was reached not to refer the matter to the Hon`ble Supreme
Court. It was also decided that the States would come to a reasonable
agreement through mutual consultations. In order to resolve the issue
amicably, a number of formal and informal discussions have taken place.
However, no consensus has emerged so far due to the divergent views of the
stakeholder States.
(e) & (f): A Committee was constituted in the Central Electricity Authority
in February, 1999 for preparing a background paper on sharing of power in the
hydroelectric power stations of Punjab. The committee invited views of the
concerned States in the matter. After analyzing various points raised by the
States of Rajasthan, Haryana& Himachal Pradesh in support of their claims and
in the absence of the observations of the Government of Punjab, the Committee
concluded that it would be in the best interest of all the concerned States that
the agreement already reached between the States of Punjab, Haryana &
Rajasthan and Government of India on 10.05.1984 be followed.
