The Hisar Water Services Division has formally recommended that four drinking water tapping points for Haryana be included in the proposed project to transfer Rajasthan’s share of Yamuna water from the Hathnikund Barrage to Rajasthan’s Sikar, Churu, and Jhunjhunu districts via an underground pipeline conveyance system.
Proposed Tapping Points and Discharge
In an official communication from the Executive Engineer of the Water Services Division, Hisar, to the Superintending Engineer of the Hathnikund Barrage Circle in Jagadhri, the division specified four proposed tapping points. These include Danoda Kalan with a discharge of 10 cusecs, a point near Nayagaon on the Sarsaud Distributary with 80 cusecs, Hindwan on Chaudhary Minor with 150 cusecs, and Pattan on Sarsana Minor with 40 cusecs. The total proposed discharge amounts to 280 cusecs.
Feasibility and Land Acquisition
The division stated that the proposed locations are feasible on the ground and would not require the construction of linking channels or acquisition of additional land. It also requested that the revised discharge requirements be incorporated in the Detailed Project Report (DPR). However, the letter noted that the DPR has yet to be scrutinized by the Central Water Commission (CWC), and any observations made by the commission may be incorporated at a later stage. The proposal for tapping points remains subject to CWC scrutiny, which could lead to further modifications in the DPR.
Local Advocacy and Expectations
The Jal Sangharsh Samiti, which has been advocating for water in dry parts of Hisar district, expressed confidence that the long-pending drinking water and irrigation issues of Nalwa, Adampur, Balsamand, and several surrounding villages in Hisar district are moving toward a permanent solution. According to the Samiti, this depends on early approval of the proposal to provide a total of 280 cusecs of water through the Yamuna pipeline and the proposal to constitute a joint survey committee for the Kishangarh Branch–Siswala Head Link Canal project.
