Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena assured an AAP delegation that met him right here on Sunday over the water disaster within the metropolis that he’ll attempt to resolve the difficulty whereas stressing the answer lay in cooperation reasonably than blame sport.
In keeping with Raj Niwas officers, the MPs and MLAs who attended the assembly primarily requested the L-G to induce the Haryana Authorities for further water, for a couple of days, until the rains arrive.
In a press release, the Aam Aadmi Social gathering mentioned the delegation highlighted the shortfall of 113 million gallons per day (MGD) of water from Haryana to Delhi and Saxena has assured them of addressing the difficulty.
A Raj Niwas official mentioned that in the course of the assembly, Saxena reiterated that the share of Yamuna water between Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and different neighbouring states had been mounted by the Higher Yamuna River Board and it was up for renewal in 2025.
The L-G spoke to the Haryana chief minister round four pm who assured Saxena that he would severely look into the matter and attempt to assist tide over the scenario to the farthest attainable extent, he mentioned.
“Saxena confused that the Supreme Courtroom’s recommendation that Delhi may method Haryana for further water on humanitarian grounds may fructify solely in an environment of cooperation and amicable dialogue, reasonably than by indulging into accusations, abuse and blame sport,” the official mentioned.
The Delhi L-G additionally famous that not solely Delhi’s inhabitants however that of all states have elevated proportionately and all have been equally affected by the warmth wave.
The delegation of AAP leaders, together with Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and N D Gupta, Cupboard Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, and MLAs Dilip Pandey, Somnath Bharti, Rajesh Gupta and Rituraj Jha, highlighted the shortfall of 113 MGD in water launched by Haryana to Delhi, a press release mentioned.
“We knowledgeable the L-G that there’s a scarcity of about 113 MGD of water from Haryana proper now. On account of this, lakhs of individuals in Delhi are going through issues.
“For the reason that L-G is the consultant of the central authorities, we’ve got requested L-G to speak to the Haryana authorities and get Delhi its full share of water. On this, L-G V Okay Saxena has assured us that he’ll speak to the Haryana authorities and attempt to get Delhi its full share of water,” Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj mentioned.
He mentioned additionally they conveyed to the L-G that it’s going to rain in every week.
“It has began raining in Himachal Pradesh. A lot water will come within the subsequent week that Haryana won’t be able to cease it even when it desires to. So now it’s only a matter of every week. We’ve got requested the L-G to try to get water from Haryana for Delhi for every week,” Bharadwaj mentioned.
