Chandigarh, May 1 -- Punjab and Haryana, who share a troubled past over the distribution of river waters, are daggers drawn yet again over the allocation of water from the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). A series of meetings have taken place to resolve the deadlock but without any success. Punjab is seeking an increase in its allocations during May and June and has conversely capped Haryana's water share on grounds that the neighbouring state has exhausted its water share during the present cycle. HT dissects the issue:

What's the genesis of the problem?

Since Punjab and Haryana are preparing for kharif sowing, they approached the BBMB with a demand for increased allocation. The BBMB regulates distribution of river waters from Bhak...