Khatter appeals to parties on SYL issue

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today appealed to the leaders of Opposition parties not to politicise the SYL issue, saying everyone had fought together for the construction of the canal.
He expressed the hope that the Supreme Court would deliver its judgement in favour of Haryana on March 2.
Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) is a proposed 214-km long canal to connect Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. Since it relates to water sharing between Punjab and Haryana, the two states have been fighting over it and the matter is now before the Supreme Court.
The Chief Minister was addressing a gathering at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bawal in Rewari district, after inaugurating the College of Agriculture and laying the foundation stones of nine projects. ' The projects relate to education, technical education, skill development, health, drinking water and railway overbridge and these will be completed at a total cost of Rs 257 crore.

Reiterating the state government's commitment towards supplying water to the tail-ends in southern Haryana, he said work was underway on the Rs 143-crore project to enhance the capacity of JLN Lift Irrigation Project to ensure adequate availability of water in canals.
On completion, the project is expected to ensure availability of water in Nangal Chaudhary and the surrounding areas, he added.

Listing the various steps taken for the welfare of farmers, including the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, he said while the previous governments had failed to adequately compensate the farmers for their losses, the present government had provided relief to them by disbursing Rs 2,400 crore as compensation during its two-year tenure.

Asking the farmers to take up organic farming, he said the College of Agriculture would assist them in the surrounding areas to improve their income level and production by developing better seeds and providing technical know-how.
The Chief Minister said that 3,500 announcements had so far been made throughout the state, and work on these would be completed this year.
Pucca roads would be built from Kaulana to Bohka, Bhatsana to Nikhri and Kishanpur to Alawalpur, besides establishing veterinary hospital in Kaulana village.
He also announced Rs 10 crore for development works in the rural areas of Bawal Assembly constituency and Rs 5 crore for Bawal city.

Lauding the Khattar government for successful appeal of the Presidential Reference on the construction of SYL Canal, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Rao Inderjit Singh advised the Chief Minister to pursue the possibility of getting water from Dohan and Krishnawati rivers in Rajasthan.
He said he, along with MPs from Haryana, would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in this regard after March 11.
He also urged the Chief Minister to appeal for establishing a branch of AIIMS at Manethi in the next Budget, besides preparing a scheme for providing drinking water in villages of Rewari area.