PROGRESS IN SUTLEJ-YAMUNA
LINK CANAL
The Government of
Punjab, which had executed the works so far and under whose control
the works are vested at present, has been requested to provide
the details of works, the revised costs involved and the construction
schedule. The reply is awaited. As such, no definite date for
restarting the work on this canal or its completion has been decided.
The Government of
Punjab is being continuously reminded to furnish the requisite
information for the preparation of a contingency plan for completion
of the canal. Sutlej-Yamuna link canal has not been completed
so far as directed by the Supreme Court for which Haryana State
is agitating over the delay in completion. However, a token provision
has been tentatively kept now in the Budget Estimates of the Union
Government for 2003-2004.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of State for Water Resources,
Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty in the Rajya Sabha today.
