Sutlej-Yamuna Link

Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil on Thursday said the government is committed to assisting both Punjab and Haryana in finding a balanced solution to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal dispute, noting that both parties have agreed to move forward with a solution-oriented approach. The Union Ministry of Jal Shakti had convened a meeting here on Wednesday to discuss the long pending inter-state water dispute. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini besides senior officials from both states, and representatives from the Centre attended the meeting. Paatil, who chaired the discussions, said the Ministry is providing all possible cooperation to both states for the equitable and coordinated management of water resources. "In Delhi, a significant meeting was held regarding issues related to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal. The Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, is committed to assisting both states in finding a balanced solution. In the meetin

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Saturday said the Central government will again hold a meeting with Punjab and Haryana to resolve the contentious issue of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. Shekhawat was replying to a question on his meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar over the SYL issue in Chandigarh on December 28. The minister said the Centre, earlier, also had tried to build some consensus in the matter on the directions of the Supreme Court. "This time again, we will make an effort and hold a discussion together and if any way out is found then we will work on the same. Otherwise, we will work as per the directions of the SC," said Shekhawat. The Union minister was here to attend the Viksit Bharat Sankalap Yatra. On December 14, Haryana CM Khattar said that Shekhawat had called the meeting of both the CMs over the SYL issue on December 28 in Chandigarh. Punjab CM Mann had said he would attend the meeting, bu

Move comes after INLD threatened to start digging the canal on Punjab-Haryana border on Feb 23

CM Prakash Singh Badal had earlier said neither Punjab, nor its people will accept any verdict against state's interest regarding river waters

He was asked about SYL Canal issue which is being used as a major poll plank by various political parties in Punjab ahead of the next year's assembly elections

We will take legal and constitutional measures to safeguard our waters, said Amarinder Singh

Former CM was reacting to resolutions being passed at panchayats opposing the construction of the canal

He further said the AAP has miserably failed and stands fully exposed in its very first test of loyalty to the state