India, June 5 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday asked Punjab's farmers to adopt diversification, asserting that it was the need of the hour to grow crops which give profit as well as consume less water.

Referring to the Centre's decision of suspending the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, Chouhan said efforts would be made to use the waters of the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab rivers for Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.

He also underlined that the solution to farmers' issues is possible through discussion and dialogue.

Under the Centre's 'Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan', the Union minister visited Kheri Gandiyan village in Rajpura, Patiala, where he met a group of...