Bihar and Jharkhand sign water-sharing pact to resolve decades-old Sone dispute

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary (third from left) and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren (second from right) sign the agreement in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah (centre). PIC/PTI

Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday signed an MoU to share 7.75 million acre-feet of water from the Sone River, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, "permanently resolving" the nearly 25-year-old water dispute between the two states, officials said.

Shah said the agreement would ensure adequate irrigation and drinking water for large populations in Bihar and Jharkhand. "It will directly benefit lakhs of farmers in both states and give new momentum to the development of rural areas," he said.

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