Now Punjab doubly accountable on SYL canal– Haryana CM Khattar to Bhagwant Mann Government
We have to take water from Punjab and give it to Delhi- Manohar Lal
Chandigarh, March 17, 2022: Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal has raised the issue of Sutlej-Yamuna link canal after the formation of new government in Punjab.
He said that the new government of Punjab is now doubly responsible as we have to take water from Punjab and give water to Delhi.
In such a situation, their responsibility to provide water for SYL is more, because now both the states are ruled by the Aam Aadmi Party. The Chief Minister was speaking during a press conference at Haryana Niwas in Chandigarh on Thursday.
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Responding to a question, Manohar Lal said that the Punjab government would now have to think when the budget of the state would be presented in a few days. The debit to GSDP ratio of the state is 48 percent, which is just 24.98 percent in Haryana.
The Chief Minister said that Delhi Chief Minister boasts of different things, Delhi cannot be compared with Haryana. There will be about 1,100 government schools in Delhi but there are 15,000 government schools in Haryana. At the same time, the cultivated land there is very less as compared to Haryana, as Haryana has 80 lakh acres of agricultural land. Similarly, different regions have the different condition, so Delhi cannot be compared with Haryana, but Haryana can definitely be compared with Punjab