New Delhi: Delhi Water Minister Atishi said she will sit on an indefinite hunger strike in south Delhi's Bhogal from Friday afternoon to press her demand for taking 100 million gallons of water per day from Haryana.
At a press conference, Atishi said she would first go to Rajghat at 11 am on Friday to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, for whom the path of Satyagraha was the only option as water was not provided to Delhi.
"Delhi requires 1,005 MGD water, out of which 613 MGD water comes from Haryana. For the last two weeks, Haryana has reduced it to 513 MGD. Due to 100 MGD water reduction, about 28 lakh people of the city are one Craving the drop.” Water,” he said.
The minister said that Haryana has refused to release the water and his letter to the Prime Minister was also of no avail, hence he is forced to sit on a hunger strike to demand the fair share of Delhi's water and the 28 lakh affected people of the city. Had to happen.
At a press conference, Atishi said she would first go to Rajghat at 11 am on Friday to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, for whom the path of Satyagraha was the only option as water was not provided to Delhi.
"Delhi requires 1,005 MGD water, out of which 613 MGD water comes from Haryana. For the last two weeks, Haryana has reduced it to 513 MGD. Due to 100 MGD water reduction, about 28 lakh people of the city are one Craving the drop.” Water,” he said.
The minister said that Haryana has refused to release the water and his letter to the Prime Minister was also of no avail, hence he is forced to sit on a hunger strike to demand the fair share of Delhi's water and the 28 lakh affected people of the city. Had to happen.
