Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday moved a resolution on Satluj Yamuna link (SYl) in the Assembly saying the State did not have a single drop of water to share with anyone.
The resolution says that Punjab is primarily an agrarian State and river waters are its lifeline. However, after the partition of the country, Punjab had been subjected to continuous discrimination and injustice.
According to the Riparian Principles, Punjab had absolute right over its river waters but through various agreements and decisions it had been robbed of its due share.
Despite being a State with five rivers, the farmers of Punjab had to rely heavily on tubewells, as 73 per cent of irrigation was being done through them, resulting in fast depletion of the water table. Now the situation has become extremely grave and to tolerate this injustice would amount to signing a death warrant for Punjab and Punjabis. The House resolved not to accept any decision against injustice to river waters of Punjab.
Any attempt to divest river waters of Ravi, Beas from Punjab and forcefully implementing the decision to construct the SYl on Punjab in defiance of nationally and internationally-accepted Riparian Principles would never be tolerated at any cost, the resolution said.
The Resolution said that all Punjabis and all political parties would safeguard the rights of Punjab, rising above their personal differences.