Punjab, Haryana Chief Ministers Meet Over Sutlej-Yamuna Canal Row
NDTV
The meeting, which is taking place at the Haryana Niwas here, was scheduled after the Supreme Court recently nudged them to meet and find an amicable solution.
A meeting to discuss the contentious Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue is underway here between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar.
The meeting, which is taking place at the Haryana Niwas here, was scheduled after the Supreme Court recently nudged them to meet and find an amicable solution.
The SYL canal has been a bone of contention between Punjab and Haryana for several decades. Punjab has been maintaining that the quantum of water flowing through Ravi and Beas rivers had come down considerably and therefore, it is seeking reassessment of the water volume.
Haryana has been seeking completion of the SYL canal to get its share of 3.5 million acre feet of the river waters and also that Punjab should comply with the 2002 and 2004 Supreme Court orders for the completion of the SYL canal for bringing its share of Ravi-Beas waters. Presently, it is getting 1.62 million acre feet (MAF) of Ravi-Beas waters.
