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Dadupur-Nalvi irrigation scheme: Haryana landowners who want to reclaim land will now have to pay 12% interest

August 16, 2024 11:58 am

Haryana government de-notified Dadupur-Nalvi irrigation scheme in 2019 following objections by the Comptroller and Auditor General and decided to return the land to the land owners or their legal heirs.

In Gurgaon, Khattar takes jibe at Punjab CM on SYL issue: ‘Ye toh aisa Mann hai jo maanta hi nhi’

October 16, 2022 7:10 am

On Friday after a two-hour long meeting at Haryana Niwas in Chandigarh, Khattar had said that it was the “final meeting” with Punjab over the issue while Mann had said that his state does not have “a single drop of water to share”.

Militant who killed two SYL engineers gets place in Central Sikh Museum

October 16, 2022 1:47 am

Militants led by Jatana had killed chief engineer ML Sekhri and superintending engineer, Avtar Singh Aulakh, who were supervising the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal on July 23, 1990, following which the work on it was stopped by the Punjab government.

No consensus as Mann adamant on not sharing water; Khattar says ‘final meeting from our side’

October 15, 2022 6:55 am

"From our side, this was our final meeting (with Punjab). If the Centre wants another meeting, it can do so. As far as we are concerned, there is no reason in taking any more initiative," Khattar said after the meeting .

SC grants six weeks' time to Punjab, Haryana on SYL canal row

September 07, 2017 1:04 pm

Haryana constructed the portion of SYL canal in its territory. However, Punjab, after the initial phase, stopped the work, leading to a spate of litigations. The apex court had first decreed the suit of Haryana in 2002 asking Punjab to honour its commitments with regard to water sharing in the case.

Satluj-Yamuna Link canal issue: Supreme Court says its orders have to be respected

July 11, 2017 8:18 pm

The controversial 1981 water-sharing pact came into being after Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1966. For effective allocation of water, SYL canal link was conceptualised and both states were required to construct portions within their territories.

Flagging a canal

March 18, 2016 12:13 am

BJP talks nationalism at the Centre, turns a blind eye to ally SAD’s disregard of the national interest in Punjab.

Satluj-Yamuna Link canal project: Congress, SAD rush to fill canal

March 17, 2016 2:26 am

Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki is yet to take a call on the Punjab Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal Land (Transfer of Property Rights) Bill, 2016, but on the ground it is a fait accompli.

SYL land de-notification illegal, unconstitutional

March 15, 2016 4:07 am

On the day the Punjab Assembly passed the Bill and took a decision to return the acquired land to the owners, Haryana Irrigation Minister O P Dhankar moved a motion demanding that the Centre annul the move of the Punjab government.

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