With Delhi and Haryana failing to amicably settle their water sharing dispute, the Centre has set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) for its resolution.
The GoM will look into the water sharing dispute arising out of the newly-constructed Carrier Lined Channel (CLC) between Munak in Haryana and Haiderpur in Delhi, government sources said.
The construction work has been completed four years behind schedule, but the two states are nowhere near a consensus on the issue of sharing water.
CLC is expected to help run the 20 million gallons daily (MGD) capacity water treatment plants at Okhla and Bawana, and a 50 MGD plant at Dwarka.
The GoM will look into the argument being given by the Delhi government demanding its share that it has paid around `350 crores for the construction of nearly 80 per cent of the channel in its territory.
Haryana has opposed any water sharing, saying it has been generously providing water to its neighbour even though its own demand has gone up in the recent years.
The four-member GoM will be headed by home minister P. Chidambaram.
—PTI