Punjab seeks ₹1.44 lakh cr in unpaid water dues from Rajasthan

The Punjab government has claimed unpaid water usage dues worth ₹1.44 lakh crore from Rajasthan for supplying water through the Gang Canal via the Ferozepur Feeder. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said Rajasthan had not paid water usage charges since 1960. He said that 18,000 cusecs of water are being supplied from Punjab under an agreement signed in 1920.