Recently there has been a controversy on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal. Between which two areas is the controversy primarily going on?

a. Haryana - New Delhi

b. Punjab - Rajasthan

c. Punjab - New Delhi

d. Punjab - Haryana

ANSWER: Punjab - Haryana

Explanation:

The controversy is between Punjab and Haryana.

The controversial canal was to link Sutlej and Yamuna rivers and its foundation was laid in 1982.

The canal was meant to channelize towards Haryana its duly allotted share of the waters of the Ravi and the Beas.

The origins of the crisis go back to 2004, when the State passed the Punjab Termination of Agreements legislation. With this, it reneged on its upper-riparian responsibility to share water with Haryana through the SYL Canal.

New Delhi too would have benefitted by this canal.