(Tribune)
Punjab and Haryana today stuck to their well-entrenched positions on the sharing of riverwaters and the construction of the Satluj-Yamuna Link canal at a meeting called by Water Resources Secretary Amarjit Singh here to end the logjam. Both Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh and Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi reiterated their stand during their meeting with the Secretary.
Punjab apprised the Union Government of the critical water situation in the state and stressed its inability to share waters with neighbouring states, including Haryana. It urged the Narendra Modi government to intervene to save the state from an “ecological disaster”.
The Punjab team was called for the meeting first. Meanwhile, the Haryana team waited for about an hour in the room adjoining the Secretary’s chamber. While the Haryana team met once, Punjab was given a second hearing
