<P> Satluj Yamuna Link Canal (SARYU) or SYL as it is popularly known, is a proposed 214 - kilometer (133 mi) long canal in India to connect the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers . However, the proposal met obstacles and was referred to the Supreme Court of India . It defines river water sharing between the states of Punjab and Haryana . Captain Abhimanyu, Finance Minister of Haryana, while presenting the Government of Haryana 2018 - 19 budget in March 2018 announced that the INR 100 crore (1 billion) funds have been for completion of the construction of SYL . </P> <P> After the partition of India in 1947 into Pakistan and India, the Indus basin was bisected with India gaining the upper reaches of the Indus river and its tributaries while Pakistan gained the lower reaches . This led to a situation in which utlisation and development of water resources in one country would hamper the same in another . While negotiations for resolving the dispute were in progress in 1954, activities had already started in India in anticipation of a treaty . Although the issue of water of Sutlej river was resolved through the Bhakra Nangal project, the issue of surplus waters of Ravi river and Beas river excluding the pre-Partition use remained . On 29 January 1955, the states of Punjab, PEPSU, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir came to an agreement regarding the distribution of water from the rivers, with Punjab being allocated 5.9 MAF (million acre - feet) and PEPSU gaining 1.3 MAF out of the estimated 15.85 MAF of water while Rajasthan gained 8 MAF and Jammu and Kashmir gaining the remaining 0.65 MAF . With the merger of Punjab and PEPSU in 1956, the total share of Punjab became 7.2 MAF . The Indus Water Treaty reached in 1960 allowed India unrestricted use of water from Sutlej, Ravi and Beas . </P>

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