Water crisis in Delhi: Atishi urges Haryana CM seeking release of more water

Delhi Minister Atishi has written to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini seeking his urgent intervention into the non-release of water from the state, failing which the national capital will be "hit by a major water crisis in the next one to two days".

New Delhi: Delhi Minister Atishi has written to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini seeking his urgent intervention into the non-release of water from the state, failing which the national capital will be “hit by a major water crisis in the next one to two days”.

“For the past few days, Haryana has not been releasing an adequate amount of water in the Munak Canal. As a result of this, the people living in the national capital have been suffering unjustifiably,” read the letter by Atishi.

The Delhi Minister further said that there are seven Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) in Delhi that are dependent upon Yamuna water and due to the deficit of raw water, the treatment plants are unable to run at their optimum capacity.

“With the water from Munak Canal reducing to 840 cusecs, Delhi will be unable to produce adequate water from our 7 WTPs. If Haryana doesn’t release an adequate amount of water by today, Delhi will have a major crisis in the next 1-2 days.

Therefore, I humbly request you to ensure that 1,050 cusecs water is released from Munak Canal for Delhi,” said Atishi.