A day after the Supreme Court asked the Union government to conduct a survey of the land allocated for construction of part of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal — the focal point of a water-sharing dispute between Haryana and Punjab — the emotive issue has yet again taken the political centre stage in the region.
The Punjab Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, opined on Thursday that the State has no spare water to share with any other State, so there is no question of construction of the SYL canal. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), meanwhile, appealed to Punjabis to gherao any Central teams wishing to conduct a survey of SYL canal land in the State.
