CHANDIGARH, June 21 -- PUNJAB Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday announced that an all-party meeting would be convened soon to evolve a broad consensus to comprehensively address the problem of depletion of ground water in the State.
Chairing a high-level meeting of the cabinet ministers, political leaders, senior officers, water experts, scientists and representatives of the farmer organizations and industry to discuss ways and means to resolve the alarming situation emerging out of fast depleting ground water table across the State here this morning, Capt Amarinder Singh said that it was the high time to tackle this problem for our future generations otherwise the fertile Punjab was on the verge of becoming a desert. "Posterit...