SYL logjam: Officer-level meets to fast-track resolution
Chandigarh, Jan. 28 -- Pressing for a mutually agreed resolution to the long-pending Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute, the chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday entrusted their officials to hold parleys to find a way to settle the contentious issue and brief them on the progress.
This comes ahead of the crucial Supreme Court hearing on April 8 when the court would hear an interlocutory application filed by Haryana government seeking implementation of apex court's order to complete the remaining portion of SYL canal in Punjab's territory.
Today's meeting, the sixth one, was held in Chandigarh between Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini. The earlier rounds have failed to break the deadlock over the issue that has been a bone of contention between two states for many years. "Officials of the two states will hold a couple of rounds of meeting and communicate the deliberations to the respective CMs," said Mann and Saini at a joint briefing after the meeting. Mann stated that there should be a resolution to the issue which has been lingering for a very long time. HTC...
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