Chandigarh [India], January 27 (ANI): A joint assembly of Punjab and Haryana started in Chandigarh on Tuesday to debate the long-pending Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal concern.
The assembly is being held as per the instructions of the Supreme Court, which had requested each states to try to resolve the matter via dialogue.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann attended the assembly. Haryana Cabinet Minister Shruti Choudhary and Punjab Cabinet Minister Barinder Goyal are additionally current, together with a number of senior administrative officers from each states.
Last 12 months in May, the Supreme Court requested each states to work along with the Centre to discover a mutually acceptable answer to the decades-old canal dispute.
The SYL canal was deliberate to make sure truthful and environment friendly sharing of the Ravi and Beas river waters between Punjab and Haryana.
The challenge plans a 214-kilometre-long canal, with 122 kilometres to be inbuilt Punjab and the remaining 92 kilometres in Haryana.
In one other incident, the World Bank has authorized technical and monetary help (mortgage) of Rs 5,700 crore beneath the ‘Jal Sanrakshit Haryana Project’, with the target of creating the state self-reliant within the water sector.
The Haryana Chief Minister, who chaired a gathering of officers in Chandigarh relating to the Jal Sanrakshit Haryana programme, mentioned the quantity can be disbursed in a phased method over six years, from 2026 to 2032, based on a launch.
The funds can be utilised for large-scale works within the canal sector. He mentioned that out of a complete of 1,570 canals within the state, 892 canals have been restored over the previous 20 years, and the restoration of the remaining 678 canals is proposed to be accomplished within the subsequent 5 years. This contains restoration of 115 canals at a price of Rs 2,325 crore with World Bank monetary help, 284 canals at a price of Rs 2,230 crore from the state funds, and 279 canals at a price of Rs 2,880 crore via NABARD.
The Chief Minister mentioned that out of a complete of 15,562 canal minors beneath MICADA, 4,487 minors have been restored over the previous 20 years, and the remaining 1,961 minors are proposed to be restored over the following 5 years. (ANI)