During the winter session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha member and environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal raised the issue of Punjab’s deepening water crisis and appealed to the central government to help Punjab and its farmers who are feeding the nation.

On the second day of the ongoing session, Seechewal warned that Punjab, which feeds the country with food grains, is now staring at a water crisis.

Referring to the report of the Central Ground Water Board, he said that this report came five years ago. According to this report, by 2039, the groundwater level in Punjab will go deeper by 300 metres up to 1,000 feet, where there is heavy concentration of heavy metals. Punjab has water left only for 17 years, he added.