Overview

• The Bhakra-Beas Management Board (BBMB) has directed Punjab to release 8,500 cusecs of water to Haryana, overriding Punjab's objections and walkout from negotiations.
• Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann claims Haryana has already exhausted 103% of its annual water allocation and insists Punjab cannot spare additional water during its critical paddy sowing season.
• Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini argues that unused water risks flowing into Pakistan and that Haryana has not received its full share, citing a drinking water crisis in the state.
• The dispute is heightened by the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, with Punjab demanding the diversion of water from rivers previously allocated to Pakistan to fill its own reservoirs.
• Political leaders, including Congress MP Randeep Surjewala, have called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to resolve the escalating conflict and ensure water access for affected states.