India, Nov. 19 -- New Delhi

With the 1994 Yamuna water sharing agreement among the riparian states-Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, and Rajasthan-coming up for renegotiation after the stipulated 30-year period, the Northern Zonal Council meeting on Monday saw demand for increased allocation of river water due to rising demands from all states.

The state of Punjab, which was not part of the original water sharing agreement, has now demanded that it be "duly considered to ensure fairness and parity", arguing that the state was excluded in 1994 without justification. Experts have underlined that a scientific review of the three decades of agreement should be carried out and river ecology should not be further c...