Reiterating that the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal was planned against universally accepted riparian principles with an eye on looting the scarce water resources of Punjab, the Dal Khalsa said the digging of SYL was next to impossible and that the people of Punjab would not allow this to happen.
The Organization
categorically stated that Punjab owns the waters of the Sutlej, Ravi and Beas
and no legislation or court could deprive the state of its legitimate right of
ownership.
Party spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh said the
ghost of the SYL canal has cropped up again to haunt the people of Punjab. “We
will defend the rights of the state at any cost,” he added.
“We won’t allow the Centre to further rob or
take away the waters forcefully with state’s might and if it happens, we have a
right to resist and fight back,” he maintained.
Disagreeing with
the Punjab Chief Minister on the need for a fresh tribunal to make a fresh
time-bound assessment of water availability, he said instead of opting for
delaying tactics Captain Amrinder Singh should address the water problem of the
state strictly based on riparian principle.
Dal Khalsa blamed the executive and the judiciary for muddling the Punjab river waters issue and vowed not to allow the construction of SYL at any cost.
He further added that the people of Punjab, particularly the agriculture community, was worried that despite the tall claims of politicians of all shades, more than 50 per cent (19 out of the 35 MAF) of Punjab’s water flows to other non-riparian states.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
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