Hot water: A chronology of Punjab, Haryana's Sutlej-Yamuna Link dispute

The 214-km long Satluj Yamuna Link is meant to share the Ravi and Beas rivers: an arrangement eluding solution for decades

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday asked Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann to meet Manohar Lal Khattar, his Haryana counterpart, to reach an "amicable" solution on the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue. The centre’s Jal Shakti Ministry will organise the meeting.

Mann has not responded to Khattar’s invitations for a meeting, India’s attorney general K K Venugopal told the court, according to the Times of India (TOI). A letter was given to Mann on April 4 but he has not responded, Venugopal said.

In April, the Haryana Assembly passed a resolution seeking the completion of the canal. “"The right