Rohtak, March 22 -- Haryana minister of development and panchayat Krishan Lal Panwar on Friday said that a first information report (FIR) will be registered against industry owners if chemical-laced water was seen flowing into the river and canals.

Addressing media persons here, Panwar said that if any industrial waste laced with hazardous chemicals flows in any of the rivers and canals in the state, a first information report will be lodged against the owner of the factory that releases hazardous chemicals.

In a direct attack on former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Panwar said that Hooda never asked any question pertaining to his constituency Garhi-Sampla-Kiloi and his home district Rohtak, in the state assembly.

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