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Punjab vs Haryana Water War | India News
The Satluj-Yamuna Link canal dispute, a decades-old water war between Punjab and Haryana, is heating up again as legal battles and political posturing collide. Punjab argues it was cheated in 1955 when Rajasthan—unrelated to the rivers—got more water than Punjab, and now faces dire groundwater depletion, forcing farmers to drill deeper wells. While the Attorney General hints at improved talks, skeptics see election-season optics. The project’s bloody past—including halted work after militant attacks and a 2004 state law struck down by the Supreme Court—adds weight to the tension. With a…
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