New Delhi: Delhi cabinet ministers have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to resolve the water crisis in the national capital as a priority, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday.
Addressing a press conference, Delhi ministers Gopal Rai, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kailash Gahlot and Imran Hussain said Atishi's indefinite fast has entered the fourth day and her health is deteriorating.
The ministers decided to write a letter to the prime minister on the water crisis during a meeting at Atishi's hunger strike site in Bhogal, Jangpura.
In the letter, the ministers said that despite the heatwave conditions, Delhi was not getting its "fair share" of water from Haryana.
"The total water supply in Delhi is 1,005 MGD. Of this amount, a major chunk of 613 MGD comes from Haryana. Over the past few weeks, there has been a decline in water coming from Haryana," the letter said.
Delhi ministers said Delhi was receiving 100 million gallons per day (MGD) for many days.
"One MGD of water meets the needs of 28,500 people in Delhi in a day. This means that due to the decrease of 100 MGD of water, 28 lakh people do not get water. On one hand, we need additional water and on the other "On the other hand, 28 lakh people are not getting water," reads the letter signed by Rai, Gahlot, Hussain and Bharadwaj.
The ministers also cited Atishi's indefinite hunger strike to ask the prime minister to find a solution to the water crisis on a priority basis.
At the press conference, Environment Minister Rai said, "Today, we request Mr. LG that tomorrow anytime you go to Wazirabad water treatment plant along with all of us. You should come there along with their officials and see what the condition is." is," he said.
On Sunday, a delegation of ten Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders met the LG over the water crisis in the national capital.
"Yesterday, when our ministers, MPs and MPs went to meet Mr LG, he kept saying that Haryana is providing water. While the truth is that the Yamuna river has dried up in Wazirabad," Rai said.
"When the agreement was signed to supply 1,005 million dollars of water to Delhi, the population here was around one crore. Now, after 30 years, the population of Delhi has increased to more than three crore, but the water supply remains the same.
"Now that the demand for water has increased due to the scorching heat, the BJP government in Haryana has stopped 100 MGD, more than 46 million liters of water from Delhi," he said.
Stating that Delhi should get its share of water, the minister announced that a candlelight march in support of Atishi's indefinite fast will be held at 8 pm.
"Please come and join the candle march to support Atishi in this fight for the right to water of the people of Delhi," Rai said.
Attacking the AAP government, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said the meeting of ministers at the "air-conditioned" hunger strike venue "clearly indicates" that they are now "looking for excuses" to end it. to indefinite fasting.
Sachdeva said the water levels at the Wazirabad treatment plant are low because the Yamuna is full of silt. "95 per cent of the Wazirabad water treatment plant pond is filled with silt, which prevents water from staying and causes it to leak," he said.
Addressing a press conference, Delhi ministers Gopal Rai, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kailash Gahlot and Imran Hussain said Atishi's indefinite fast has entered the fourth day and her health is deteriorating.
The ministers decided to write a letter to the prime minister on the water crisis during a meeting at Atishi's hunger strike site in Bhogal, Jangpura.
In the letter, the ministers said that despite the heatwave conditions, Delhi was not getting its "fair share" of water from Haryana.
"The total water supply in Delhi is 1,005 MGD. Of this amount, a major chunk of 613 MGD comes from Haryana. Over the past few weeks, there has been a decline in water coming from Haryana," the letter said.
Delhi ministers said Delhi was receiving 100 million gallons per day (MGD) for many days.
"One MGD of water meets the needs of 28,500 people in Delhi in a day. This means that due to the decrease of 100 MGD of water, 28 lakh people do not get water. On one hand, we need additional water and on the other "On the other hand, 28 lakh people are not getting water," reads the letter signed by Rai, Gahlot, Hussain and Bharadwaj.
The ministers also cited Atishi's indefinite hunger strike to ask the prime minister to find a solution to the water crisis on a priority basis.
At the press conference, Environment Minister Rai said, "Today, we request Mr. LG that tomorrow anytime you go to Wazirabad water treatment plant along with all of us. You should come there along with their officials and see what the condition is." is," he said.
On Sunday, a delegation of ten Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders met the LG over the water crisis in the national capital.
"Yesterday, when our ministers, MPs and MPs went to meet Mr LG, he kept saying that Haryana is providing water. While the truth is that the Yamuna river has dried up in Wazirabad," Rai said.
"When the agreement was signed to supply 1,005 million dollars of water to Delhi, the population here was around one crore. Now, after 30 years, the population of Delhi has increased to more than three crore, but the water supply remains the same.
"Now that the demand for water has increased due to the scorching heat, the BJP government in Haryana has stopped 100 MGD, more than 46 million liters of water from Delhi," he said.
Stating that Delhi should get its share of water, the minister announced that a candlelight march in support of Atishi's indefinite fast will be held at 8 pm.
"Please come and join the candle march to support Atishi in this fight for the right to water of the people of Delhi," Rai said.
Attacking the AAP government, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said the meeting of ministers at the "air-conditioned" hunger strike venue "clearly indicates" that they are now "looking for excuses" to end it. to indefinite fasting.
Sachdeva said the water levels at the Wazirabad treatment plant are low because the Yamuna is full of silt. "95 per cent of the Wazirabad water treatment plant pond is filled with silt, which prevents water from staying and causes it to leak," he said.
