Punjab CM to meet his Haryana counterpart to discuss SYL canal dispute

By Dinkle Popli January 4th 2023 10:03 AM -- Updated: January 4th 2023 10:07 AM

Chandigarh: The second round of meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar regarding the issue of SYL (Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal) will be held in Delhi today. Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has invited the ministers of both states for this meeting.

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The meeting will be held in the Delhi office of the Union Water Power Minister at three o'clock in the afternoon under the leadership of Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat. It is significant that earlier a meeting was held in Chandigarh on October 14 to resolve the water issue on the order of the Supreme Court. The next hearing of this matter in the Supreme Court is to be held on January 19, in which the central government has to submit a four-month progress report.

The 2-hour long meeting between the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana on 14 October 2022 regarding SYL was inconclusive. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal had asked to fix a time frame for the construction of SYL citing the Supreme Court order. Both the Chief Ministers had told that this meeting was inconclusive.

Reportedly, Irrigation Department Principal Secretary Krishna Kumar was busy preparing for the meeting for the last three days. It is learned that all the points which are to be raised in today's meeting were shared by him with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann .

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Punjab CM to meet his Haryana counterpart to discuss SYL canal dispute

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