Won’t Spare Single Drop Of Additional Water For Any State: Punjab CM
Mumbai: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that not a single drop of additional water will be given to any other state at any cost. The CM made the announcement after conducting an emergency cabinet meeting.
The dispute between Haryana and Punjab over the SYL canal was the subject of an emergency meeting convened by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday, a day after the Supreme Court requested that the Centre continue the mediation process.
The CM declared this after an emergency meeting of the state cabinet at his residence. “The issue of SYL was discussed in the meeting. Not even a single drop of additional water will be given to any other state at any cost,” Mann said in a post on X.
He said that the government had also thought about calling the state assembly’s monsoon session shortly. The session may be called as soon as next week, though no dates were given. The Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute between Haryana and Punjab was the subject of the cabinet meeting, which was convened the day after the Supreme Court ordered the Centre to continue mediating the matter and inspect the area of Punjab’s land designated for the canal.
In order to determine the Punjab assembly’s future course of action on this matter, the opposition Congress has also requested the CM to hold a special session on Wednesday.
Malvinder Singh Kang, the primary spokesman for the AAP in Punjab, has already requested the creation of a tribunal to investigate the availability of water in SYL and Punjab. He said that the tribunal should thoroughly investigate the issue to determine if Punjab is now in a position to supply water to other states.
“The land which was notified for SYL has now also been denotified. Now notifying it again will create many problems. So now it is not possible to make SYL because we neither have extra water nor the required land. We will put this matter before the court in a legal manner and will also raise it before the Central government,” said the spokesperson of the ruling party in the state.
Kang also said the water situation in Punjab is no longer the same as it was 50 years ago. “Today Punjab itself is struggling with water issues. Recently, in the North Zonal Council meeting, chief minister Bhagwant Mann had said that Punjab cannot give additional water to any state,” he added.
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