New Delhi, May 2 -- Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Friday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to address the urgent water requirements of Haryana and parts of Rajasthan.

As per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the meeting focused on the implementation of a Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) decision to release an additional 4500 cusecs of water to Haryana for a period of eight days.

"It was decided to proceed with the BBMB's directive to release the extra water from Bhakra Dams to alleviate the immediate water scarcity," the MHA stated.

It was further agreed that during the dam-filling period, BBMB will compensate Punjab with an equivalent amount of excess water to address any additional requirements, it ment...