Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that Punjab has five abs but it does not have water, after a meeting with his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar on the SYL link canal remained inconclusive.
“At the time when agreement for the canal was inked, Punjab was getting 18.56 MAF of water which has been now reduced to 12.63 MAF, presently, so we don’t have any surplus water to share with any state” said the Chief Minister, while interacting with the media here at Punjab Bhawan after meeting with his Haryana counterpart on the issue of SYL canal.
CM said that Haryana is currently getting 14.10 MAF of water from Satluj, Yamuna and other rivulets whereas Punjab is getting only 12.63 MAF.
In a meeting of Punjab and Haryana on the issue of the SYL Canal, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has fulfilled the duty of being the son of soil by standing firmly to protect Punjab’s water. The interests of Punjab are completely protected under the leadership of Bhagwant Mann, said Punjab Agriculture and Panchayats Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal in a press statement issued here today.
Dhaliwal emphasized that the CM Bhagwant Mann’s firm stand in protecting Punjab’s waters with facts had left the opposition speechless. He told that today those parties are advising our government, had clandestinely laid the foundation of this canal for their vested political interests.
“Our government is committed to protecting the rights of Punjab,” He said adding that the Chief Minister today made the state government’s stand clear and would fight every battle to protect Punjab’s waters.