New Delhi: Politics over water shortage in Delhi intensified on Monday with the ruling AAP accusing the BJP of deliberately creating the situation to harass people while the BJP resorted to 'breaking the pot' blaming the Kejriwal government for the crisis. ' Protested. ,
The national capital has been grappling with an acute water crisis for the past several weeks with little or no supply amid the scorching heat and the water shortage being met by private water tankers.
At a press conference here, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the crisis was "deliberately created" by the BJP to keep the people of the city thirsty.
There has been a BJP sponsored water crisis for the last several days. I want to tell you that the people of BJP want that the people of Delhi should not get water and for this they are trying their best to submerge Delhi in water.''Crisis...'' alleged the AAP leader.
Singh accused the BJP of working to deepen the crisis and shared data on the decline in water production from June 6 to June 13.
On June 6, water production in Delhi was 1,002 MGD, which came down to 939 MGD by June 13.
"Water production in Delhi is decreasing because we are not getting enough water from Haryana and this has resulted in water crisis," Singh said.
Delhi Water Minister Atishi again requested Haryana to release Delhi's share of water. He visited the Wazirabad Barrage and stressed that water was not being released by Haryana, due to which the water level had fallen to such an extent that the river bed was visible."Water comes to Wazirabad barrage from Haryana and then goes to our water plants. You can see that there is no water coming in this pond. If there is no water, then how will the water go to the treatment plants? My appeal is to Haryana The government will release water,” he told reporters during his visit.
Taking aim at AAP, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said that although the job of the government is to solve problems, the government itself has become a problem in Delhi.
He said, "Whether it is Water Minister Atishi or MP Sanjay Singh, instead of fulfilling their responsibilities and addressing water leakage and theft, they hold press conferences on their self-created artificial water crisis just to stay in the news .,
Earlier on Monday, Delhi BJP leaders and MPs, along with party workers, demonstrated across the national capital, criticizing the AAP government over the water crisis.
BJP protesters carrying dirty water bottles raised slogans against the AAP government and broke 'matkas' (earthen pots) to protest against water shortage in the national capital.
He also alleged that people were falling ill because they were being forced to drink dirty water.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has warned residents of its area about short supply from the Delhi Jal Board.
It said that due to low supply, many posh areas like Bengali Market, Ashok Road, HC Mathur Lane, Copernicus Marg, Purana Qila Road, Babar Road, Barakhamba Road, KG Marg, Windsor Place, Ferozshah Marg, Canning Lane and surrounding areas have been affected. May be affected.Major buildings of the house.
"As informed by DJB, potable water production from Wazirabad Water Plant is not running at full capacity due to non-availability of raw water. Therefore, water supply in the command area of Tilak Marg Ground Water Reservoir (UGR) And an NDMC official said, Bengali Market UGR will be made available once a day, preferably in the morning.
He said there is a 40 per cent shortfall in supply from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area.
The national capital has been grappling with an acute water crisis for the past several weeks with little or no supply amid the scorching heat and the water shortage being met by private water tankers.
At a press conference here, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the crisis was "deliberately created" by the BJP to keep the people of the city thirsty.
There has been a BJP sponsored water crisis for the last several days. I want to tell you that the people of BJP want that the people of Delhi should not get water and for this they are trying their best to submerge Delhi in water.''Crisis...'' alleged the AAP leader.
Singh accused the BJP of working to deepen the crisis and shared data on the decline in water production from June 6 to June 13.
On June 6, water production in Delhi was 1,002 MGD, which came down to 939 MGD by June 13.
"Water production in Delhi is decreasing because we are not getting enough water from Haryana and this has resulted in water crisis," Singh said.
Delhi Water Minister Atishi again requested Haryana to release Delhi's share of water. He visited the Wazirabad Barrage and stressed that water was not being released by Haryana, due to which the water level had fallen to such an extent that the river bed was visible."Water comes to Wazirabad barrage from Haryana and then goes to our water plants. You can see that there is no water coming in this pond. If there is no water, then how will the water go to the treatment plants? My appeal is to Haryana The government will release water,” he told reporters during his visit.
Taking aim at AAP, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said that although the job of the government is to solve problems, the government itself has become a problem in Delhi.
He said, "Whether it is Water Minister Atishi or MP Sanjay Singh, instead of fulfilling their responsibilities and addressing water leakage and theft, they hold press conferences on their self-created artificial water crisis just to stay in the news .,
Earlier on Monday, Delhi BJP leaders and MPs, along with party workers, demonstrated across the national capital, criticizing the AAP government over the water crisis.
BJP protesters carrying dirty water bottles raised slogans against the AAP government and broke 'matkas' (earthen pots) to protest against water shortage in the national capital.
He also alleged that people were falling ill because they were being forced to drink dirty water.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has warned residents of its area about short supply from the Delhi Jal Board.
It said that due to low supply, many posh areas like Bengali Market, Ashok Road, HC Mathur Lane, Copernicus Marg, Purana Qila Road, Babar Road, Barakhamba Road, KG Marg, Windsor Place, Ferozshah Marg, Canning Lane and surrounding areas have been affected. May be affected.Major buildings of the house.
"As informed by DJB, potable water production from Wazirabad Water Plant is not running at full capacity due to non-availability of raw water. Therefore, water supply in the command area of Tilak Marg Ground Water Reservoir (UGR) And an NDMC official said, Bengali Market UGR will be made available once a day, preferably in the morning.
He said there is a 40 per cent shortfall in supply from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area.
