CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann held a meeting with Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi on Tuesday to raise the issue of pollution in River Satluj, Ludhiana’s Buddha Nullah and falling water table in the state.
Mann told media persons after the meeting, “We had a detailed discussion and it was decided that the centre and the state will work in tandem and the secretaries concerned will hold regular meetings. Out of 150 zones in Punjab, 117 have become dark zones due to over-exploitation of groundwater.”
