The governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh today decided to sort out matters pending for long between the two states in a time-bound manner through mutual agreement.
The decision came at the end of a meeting between Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath at the latter's residence in Lucknow where the two BJP CMs discussed in detail ways to sort out matters pending for 16 years between the two states.
Matters like sharing of power produced by the Tehri dam project, distribution of assets pertaining to the irrigation department including residential and non-residential buildings, land in disuse including in Haridwar Kumbh area, Jamrani dam and several others in which the two states have a stake, were discussed.
Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2000 and these matters have been pending between the two states since.
Both Rawat and Adityanath agreed to prepare a complete note on the pending issues and sort them out in a time-bound manner through mutual agreement, an official release here said.
If disagreements persist between the two states over some of the matters they can be sorted out in consultation with the central government.
Both sides agreed that with the state governments inclined to resolve pending matters between them and the Centre ready to cooperate, the situation is ideal for sorting out the matters.
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