Rajasthan and Haryana sign MoU for Yamuna water project

The governments of Rajasthan and Haryana signed a long-awaited agreement on Monday, June 29, 2026, to implement the Yamuna Water Project, a major interstate water-sharing initiative that had been stalled for over three decades. The memorandum of agreement was signed in New Delhi in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil, with Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini attending.

The project will enable Rajasthan to utilize its allocated share of Yamuna River water, as defined in a 1994 interstate agreement, by constructing an underground pipeline system from Haryana. Under the new pact, Haryana will supply approximately 580 million cubic meters of water annually from the Hathnikund Barrage to Rajasthan via three large pipelines during the monsoon months from July to October. The water will be transported through the Western Yamuna Canal system to Rajasthan's Hansiyawas Reservoir in Churu district.

Officials said the infrastructure project, estimated to cost between Rs 3,900 crore and Rs 34,102 crore, involves constructing roughly 300 kilometers of underground pipelines with a diameter...