Chandigarh, July 10 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday struck divergent notes on the contentious Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue. While the former said Punjab did not have spare water to share with any other state, Saini expressed confidence that the issue will be resolved soon, asserting the Punjab government also seeks a solution to the problem. Union Jal Shakti minister CR Patil convened a meeting with the two chief ministers in a bid to resolve the decades-old SYL canal dispute. Mann's office in a statement said the CM in the meeting mooted the idea of a Yamuna-Sutlej Link (YSL) canal instead of the SYL canal as the Sutlej river has already dried up and there is no question of sharing even a single drop of water from it. Rather, water from the Ganga and Yamuna should be supplied to Punjab through the Sutlej, Mann said. "The long-conceived project of Sarda-Yamuna Link needs to be taken up on priority and surplus water be transferred to river Yamuna at a suitable location.," he said. He said SYL canal is an "emotive issue" for Punjab and added that land is not available for the project. He also said the opportunity that has opened up with the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan must be duly utilised to fulfil the water needs of the state. Efforts should be made to bring water from the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum and Chenab) to meet the growing demand, he added. The Indus Waters Treaty was suspended by India following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. On the other hand, Saini said he had a meaningful discussion with Mann in a cordial atmosphere, adding that it was decided that the next meeting will take place on August 5. He said Mann also acknowledged this long-ending issue should be resolved. The proposed 212-km SYL canal consisted of two segments, a 91-km channel in Haryana and a 121-km carrier channel in Punjab. Haryana completed its portion of the channel in 1979, but Punjab has failed to complete the canal in its territory despite top court directives....