Sutlej Yamuna link canal
After coming to power in 1977, the party demanded that the water sharing between Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan be adjudicated by the Supreme Court and filed a suit against the order of the Union government.
[7][4] The construction of canal was started in the same year by the Akali Dal government under its chief minister Prakash Singh Badal.
[18] On 18 March, the Supreme Court ordered the Punjab government to maintain status quo on the land meant for construction of the canal.
[19] On 10 November, the court gave its opinion that Punjab government's 2004 bill which terminated river water agreements was illegal.
[20] On 15 November, the government passed an executive order, denotifying the land meant for the digging of the canal and returned it to its original owners through notification issued by Punjab's financial commissioner of revenue K.B.S.
[21] Punjab's Legislative Assembly also passed a resolution on the next day, demanding royalties for river water supplied to its non-riparian neighbors Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.
[29] To augment nearly 100 tmcft water availability in Sutlej basin for the needs of this link canal, Lingdi Nadi (a tributary of Tso Moriri lake) waters can be diverted to the Sutlej basin by digging a 9 km long gravity canal to connect to the Pare Chu and Ungti Chu rivers.
[32] Hydropower generation from the projects located on Sutlej River would also increase by the augmented water flows from Tso Moriri lake's catchment area.
The Akali protest over the SYL issue on 12 April 2016 in Ludhiana, whilst accusing national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and his government of "double-speak" and "anti-Punjab stand".
[33] On 11 November 2016, all Indian National Congress MLAs of the Punjab Legislative Assembly resigned[34] in protest at the Supreme Court's decision that the state's termination of the link canal was unconstitutional.
[35] Aam Aadmi Party began an indefinite protest on the same day at Kapoori village, blaming both the Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress for SYL.
President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Amarinder Singh declared that not a single drop a water will go out of Punjab while also announcing that a Congress delegation including MPs and MLAs would meet President of India Pranab Mukherjee on the issue.
[38] The delegation met the President on 17 November, urging him to form a panel to look into the SYL issue and direct the Union government to consider ground realities and water availability in the state before taking any action on advice of the Supreme Court.
[40] A delegation of Punjab government's ministers met the President on 28 November, urging him not to accept any advice against the riparian water rights.
Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal stated that the controversy had been resolved after giving back the land meant for the canal to the original owners.
[45] The Haryana government is silent on the proposed Sharda-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal about which a National Perspective Plan (NPP) was formulated by the Union.
Punjab has no surplus water to give to Haryana and it should instead be given from the Sharda-Yamuna Link canal said AAP leader H S Phoolka.
