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A day after the Supreme Court pulled up the Punjab Government for not completing construction of its portion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that not a drop of water would be given to any other state.
Posting on X after emerging from a Cabinet meeting, Mann said that the issue of SYL was discussed in the meeting, and added, “Not a drop extra would be given to any state.” He said the meeting also discussed holding the Monsoon Session of the state Assembly.
The apex court had pulled up the Punjab government on Wednesday for not completing the construction of its part of the SYL canal and asked the Centre to survey the land allocated for the project in the state so as to assess the work progress.
A bench presided by Justice S K Kaul recalled that it had earlier stayed Punjab’s attempt to release the land to farmers and appointed a receiver. The bench, also comprising Justices C T Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia, told Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, who appeared for the Centre, that “we would like the Union of India to survey the portion of the land allocated for the project in Punjab to ensure that the land is protected…” and to know “how much has been made and what has been made”.
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