Sutlej-Yamuna Link News

The Sutlej-Yamuna Link has been a contentious issue between Punjab and Haryana over river water sharing for the past four decades.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it does not want to "shut the door" to an amicable settlement of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute as the Centre expressed its keenness to find a solution, saying it had convened a high-level meeting of Punjab and Haryana on April 20.

As authorities in Punjab and Haryana sealed the inter-state border, thousands of INLD supporters headed from Haryana`s Ambala city towards the border on Thursday afternoon to dig the SYL canal at the party's call.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that its verdict allowing construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna link (SYL) canal has to be executed and asked Haryana and Punjab to maintain law and order "at any cost" in view of a proposed protest by a political outfit tomorrow over the inter-state water row.

Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has said his government in 2004 had passed the state law terminating the Punjab's water sharing pact with neighbouring states without consulting the Congress president Sonia Gandhi and had acutely upset her.

Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Punjab, said the Centre should intervene among the states involved in the dispute and sort out the issue.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday accepted the resignation of Amarinder Singh, the Deputy Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha.

Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on November 21 the plea of Haryana alleging that Punjab was violating its earlier interim order that the status quo on land meant for SYL canal be maintained.

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said the Punjab Government and especially the Shiromani Akali Dal are indulging in vote bank politics over Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue.

Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict on Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said conditions are now becoming favourable for the state.

All Congress legislators in Punjab will submit mass resignations in the event of the Supreme Court deciding the SYL (Sutlej-Yamuna Link) canal case against the state, Punjab Congress leader Amarinder Singh said on Sunday.

Haryana's Agriculture Minister Om Prajash Dhankar has categorically stated “we will not be able to supply water to Delhi”.