Chandigarh, June 30 -- Former Haryana finance minister Sampat Singh on Monday opposed the water agreement signed between BJP-ruled Haryana and Rajasthan in New Delhi for utilisation of surplus rainwater available in Haryana between July and October through a dedicated pipeline for drinking water purposes.

The project seeks to facilitate the conveyance of Rajasthan's allocated share of Yamuna waters through an underground pipeline system from the western Yamuna Canal, enabling it to utilise the water allocated to it under the 1994 memorandum of understanding on the sharing of utilisable surface waters of the Upper Yamuna Basin.

At a briefing, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader said the construction of the SYL Canal remains incompl...