AMRITSAR: With an attempt to internationalise the canal row presumably to attract media attention a Sikh body has announced to take the Satluj Yamuna Canal (SYl) controversy to International Court of Justice (ICJ) , Hague, Netherlands.“We will campaign for "Punjab Water Referendum-2017" to take the SYL issue before International Court of Justice (ICJ), Hague, Netherlands” said All India Sikh Students Federation (Peermohammad) president Karnail Singh while talking to TOI on Monday adding that the SYL issue has taken the upcoming assembly elections by storm.He said the Sikh body Sikh For Justice which was seeking Punjab Water Referndum-2017 , had already sent a communiqué to Chief Minister Parkash Badal on November 11th asking to pass a resolution during Special Assembly Session to challenge Supreme Court's decision before the ICJ-Hague.Giving details, he said "Punjab Water Referendum-2017" would seek vote from natives of Punjab on the question whether they support challenging the Supreme Court's Nov 10th decision on SYL Canal before ICJ, Hague.“The voting for water referendum will be held simultaneously with the 2017 Punjab Assembly Elections” he said.Stating that the Constitution of India had given the riparian states the right to control and regulate the rivers falling within their territory, however, he said under the Punjab Reorganization Act 1966, the control of Punjab's rivers was transferred to Center.“Till 1966, Punjab controlled the rivers falling within its territory. However under Sections 78, 79 and 80 of the Punjab Reorganization Act of 1966, the control of Punjab rivers was transferred to Bhakra Beas Management Board which is controlled by the Central government of India who in 1976 issued the notification for the construction of SYL canal to transfer and divert waters and from Punjab rivers to Haryana and Delhi” said Karnail.He further said that except Punjab, all other states of India enjoy complete authority over the rivers falling in their territory. “State of Haryana which came into existence through the same Punjab Reorganization Act enjoys complete authority over the river Yamuna” he explained.He said the political parties of Punjab had lost the case of SYL under Indian legal system and now the only recourse for the people of Punjab to secure their water rights was to approach the ICJ in Hague against the Supreme Court decision."Since riparian rights of indigenous people are covered under UN laws, the ICJ has the mandate to entertain the SYL case the on the request of the people directly", he said.He informed that ICJ was the principal judicial organ of the United Nations which had adjudicated several disputes between the parties from the around world relating to the water rights. The most recent cases decided by the ICJ include Chile vs. Bolivia (2016) and Costa Rica vs. Nicaragua (2015) added he.