How Punjab is facing its Karnataka moment over a water-sharing pact
It’s not just the South, inter-state water wars trouble the North too. TOI+ explains the longstanding SYL canal dispute involving Punjab and Haryana
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It’s not just the South, inter-state water wars trouble the North too. TOI+ explains the longstanding SYL canal dispute involving Punjab and Haryana
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has stated that no additional water will be shared with any other state at any cost. The state cabinet has also approved Gurminder Singh for the advocate general's post. The meeting discussed the Sutlej-Yamuna-Link (SYL) canal issue. This comes after the Supreme Court directed the Centre to survey the land allocated for the canal's construction. Punjab's political parties have stated that they have no additional water to share, while Haryana's parties have welcomed the court's directions.
He made the remarks in Haryana's Hisar, from where he launched his party's 'Make India No. 1' campaign. This came a day after the Centre told the Supreme Court that the Punjab government was