New Delhi: BJP leaders on Wednesday met the Delhi Police chief and demanded formation of a special investigation team and registration of FIR over alleged theft of water from Munak Canal and other sources by the tanker mafia.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva along with the party's North West Delhi MP Yogendra Chandolia met Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora at the Delhi Police headquarters and submitted a complaint on behalf of the party.
In the complaint, the party has requested Delhi Police to register an FIR regarding water theft.
The complaint addressed to the Delhi Police chief said, "You are requested to appoint a special committee to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure action against the tanker mafia and any government official in collusion with them for theft of water from Munak Canal." An investigation team should be formed."
It also urged the police to thwart the operations of the tanker mafia as they were depriving the people of Delhi of their right to water.
The ruling AAP and BJP are locked in a blame game as the city grapples with its worst water crisis in recent years amid unprecedented heat.Delhi Water Minister Atishi has accused BJP-ruled Haryana of deliberately stopping water supply to the national capital through Yamuna river. However, BJP leaders have accused the AAP government and its MLAs of colluding with the tanker mafia while people are struggling for water.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Delhi government over the proliferation of tanker mafia in the city and wastage of water and asked what steps it has taken against them.
A vacation bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Prasanna B Varale told the Delhi government that if it cannot deal with the tanker mafia, it will ask the Delhi Police to take action in the matter.
The top court is hearing a plea filed by the Delhi government seeking direction to Haryana to release surplus water provided by Himachal Pradesh to the national capital to ease the water crisis in the national capital. Is.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva along with the party's North West Delhi MP Yogendra Chandolia met Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora at the Delhi Police headquarters and submitted a complaint on behalf of the party.
In the complaint, the party has requested Delhi Police to register an FIR regarding water theft.
The complaint addressed to the Delhi Police chief said, "You are requested to appoint a special committee to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure action against the tanker mafia and any government official in collusion with them for theft of water from Munak Canal." An investigation team should be formed."
It also urged the police to thwart the operations of the tanker mafia as they were depriving the people of Delhi of their right to water.
The ruling AAP and BJP are locked in a blame game as the city grapples with its worst water crisis in recent years amid unprecedented heat.Delhi Water Minister Atishi has accused BJP-ruled Haryana of deliberately stopping water supply to the national capital through Yamuna river. However, BJP leaders have accused the AAP government and its MLAs of colluding with the tanker mafia while people are struggling for water.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Delhi government over the proliferation of tanker mafia in the city and wastage of water and asked what steps it has taken against them.
A vacation bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Prasanna B Varale told the Delhi government that if it cannot deal with the tanker mafia, it will ask the Delhi Police to take action in the matter.
The top court is hearing a plea filed by the Delhi government seeking direction to Haryana to release surplus water provided by Himachal Pradesh to the national capital to ease the water crisis in the national capital. Is.
