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Bihar, Jharkhand sign agreement on sharing Sone River water
The Hindu — National✓
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The chief ministers of Bihar and Jharkhand signed an agreement to divide the Sone River water, allocating 5.75 million acre‑feet to Bihar and 2 million acre‑feet to Jharkhand, resolving a long‑standing dispute over the 7.75 million acre‑feet originally allotted to undivided Bihar under a 1973 accord.
WHY IT MATTERS
The settlement clarifies water rights between the two states, reducing potential inter‑state conflict over a vital resource.
Bihar CM says his State has been allocated 5.75 million-acre feet of the river water, and Jharkhand 2 MAF. The two States had a dispute over sharing 7.75 MAF of water allocated for the then undivided Bihar under a 1973 agreement
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