SC directs Delhi, Haryana to resolve Yamuna water dispute

THE SUPREME Court on April 23 directed the chief secretaries of Delhi and Haryana to hold a meeting with the secretary of the Union Ministry of Water Resources immediately to sort out the issue over sharing of Yamuna water. The apex court was hearing a plea filed by the Delhi Jal Board alleging that Haryana had reduced the supply by one-third, leading to a grave water crisis in the national capital. The Bench also rapped Delhi over the condition of the Yamuna, "The water stinks. Garbage is there. What is this going on? River Yamuna was supposed to be a goddess." At the previous hearing on April 19, the Bench had said, "People are dying. But no urgency is being shown by you people."