Nangal/Chandigarh, May 3 -- Amid escalating tensions over the Punjab-Haryana water dispute, Punjab Education and Information Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday made his second consecutive visit to Nangal Dam on Friday evening, accompanied by Deputy Speaker Jai Krishan Singh Rouri. The leaders met officials and AAP workers stationed at the dam, reinforcing the Punjab Government's resolve to prevent the release of excess water to Haryana.
Bains, addressing the media, declared that Punjab will not allow even a single drop of its water to be diverted. He accused the BJP-led Centre of conspiring against Punjab's economy and slammed the BBMB's decision to release 8,500 cusecs of water to Haryana as a betrayal. "Water is our lifeline. Our farm...