Gustakhi Maaf Haryana-Pawan Kumar Bansal.
More about Hansi -Butana link canal, explains RK Garg retired EIC,Irrigation,Haryana who as the then Chief Engineer had opposed the project.,”The canal was primarily proposed to carry additional Ravi- Beas waters to the WJC system during non monsoon season as Yamuna command is short of waters in the lean season only.
I had indicated that nearly the entire Ravi -Beas availability during the non monsoon season which has been of the order of 1.1 MAF out of 1.62 MAF total availability was already being carried to the WJC system through the existing NBK link and as such there was practically no water available to be carried by the proposed canal.
In addition the gradient of the canal as available was only 0.06 as against a normal of 0.15.
As recorded in my book Reflections, I had clearly conveyed to Capt Ajay Yadav, the then Minister of, Irrigation that it would not be possible to run the canal during our lifetime .”