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Punjab water row: Turmoil in Rajya Sabha July 13, 2004 13:36 IST The passage of a Bill in Punjab Assembly terminating all water agreements with two neighbouring states led to uproarious scenes in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Hardening its stand on the Satluj-Yamuna Link canal row in the wake of a Supreme Court directive to the Union government to take over the construction work, Punjab had on Monday annulled all its water sharing agreements with Haryana and Rajasthan. The Punjab Termination of Agreement Bill 2004, moved by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, was passed by the House after a discussion lasting over one-and-a-half hours at a specially convened one-day session. More reports from Punjab Read about: Striking a Discordant Note
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