Shortage of water in Capital can be resolved by Delhi Jal Board: Khattar

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has written to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal that the alleged shortage of about 60 millions of gallons per day (MGD) can easily be resolved through internal actions of Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

In a demi-official letter to Kejriwal, Khattar wrote that complete facts were perhaps not being presented before the Delhi CM. The task of maintaining a particular water level of Wazirabad pond has to be performed by DJB itself. After operationalisation of concrete lined channel (CLC), the Haryana government is giving the entire supply at Delhi contact point at Bawana.

“We have acceded to request of Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources to supply 120 cusecs for the current summer only. Delhi must make its own arrangement from the next year onwards as no supplies would be made by Haryana on account of reasons explained in detail in our reply before the Supreme Court,” Khattar said.

“We have been discharging all our obligations set forth by Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) in terms of share and allocation of water to Delhi. We decided to release 120 cusecs of additional raw water to Delhi upon a request of Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources. I wish to emphasise that due to acute shortage of water in the river Yamuna, Haryana has to shift to a five-group rotation instead of four groups every January. Despite the consequent adverse impact on drinking water supplies to thousands of our villages and several towns, we have never reduced the supply to Delhi. In fact, presently we are supplying 120 cusecs over and above our obligations,” he wrote.

HARYANA CM SAYS COMPLETE FACTS ARE PERHAPS NOT BEING PRESENTED BEFORE THE DELHI CM