SYL Dispute Explained.#syl #haryana#punjab#india #UPSC#IAS#CSE#IPS#fact #india#syl

SYL Dispute Explained.#syl #haryana#punjab#india #UPSC#IAS#CSE#IPS#fact #india#syl
SYL Dispute Explained ?

The dispute regarding sharing of river water emerged after Punjab was reorganised in 1966, and the state of Haryana was created. Haryana demanded 5.9 billion m3 out of Punjab's total 8.9 billion m3 share of water, while Punjab claimed the entire quantity of water.
canal's portion had been completed in Haryana, the portion in Punjab wasn't and urged that it be completed expeditiously. The Akali Dal government in Punjab under Surjit Singh Barnala started the construction of the canal.[13][14] However, it kept dithering on its completion.[15]

The construction was stopped in July 1990 after a Chief Engineer associated with its construction was shot dead by Khalistani activist Balwinder Singh Jattana.[8] The canal remained incomplete due to the dispute over the issue. In 1999, Haryana filed a suit in the Supreme Court seeking construction of the canal.[13] In 2002, the Supreme Court directed Punjab to complete the SYL canal within a year. Punjab refused to do so and petitioned for a review of the court order which was rejected. In 2004, the Supreme Court directed the Union government to get the canal completed through a central agency. The Central Public Works Department was appointed on 2 July 2004 to take over the canal work from Punjab government. However, on 12 July 2004, the Punjab Legislative Assembly passed the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 which abrogated all its river water agreements with neighbouring states. The President of India then referred this bill to the Supreme Court in the same year.[16]

The Supreme Court began hearings on the bill by the Punjab Assembly on 7 March 2016.[17] On 15 March 2016, the Punjab Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Punjab Satluj Yamuna Link Canal Land (Transfer of Proprietary Rights) Bill, 2016, proposing to return the land that had been taken from owners for building the SYL canal.[18] On 18 March, the Supreme Court ordered the Punjab government to maintain status quo on the land meant for construction of the canal.[19] On 10 November, the court gave its opinion that Punjab government's 2004 bill which terminated river water agreements was illegal.[20] On 15 November, the government passed an executive order, denotifying the land meant for the digging of the canal and returned it to its original owners through notification issued by Punjab's financial commissioner of revenue K.B.S. Sidhu, utilising revenue powers that rests with an IAS officer.[21] Punjab's Legislative Assembly also passed a resolution on the next day, demanding royalties for river water supplied to its non-riparian neighbors Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.[22] All of the denotified land was returned by 20 November.[23] A status quo was however again ordered by the Supreme Court relating to the land on 30 November.[24][25]

On 22 February 2017, the Supreme Court stated that the Government of Punjab will have to abide by its order on construction of SYL canal and it will pass a decree if the governments of Punjab and Haryana failed to come to an agreement.[26] Captain Abhimanyu, the Finance Minister of Haryana, while presenting Government of Haryana's 2017-18 budget in March 2017 announced that ₹100 crore had been allocated for completion of the construction of the canal, the first time any money had been specifically set aside for it in the state government's budget.[27]

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