Political tug-of-war continues in Delhi amid water crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONG lines of people were seen queuing up on Saturday to fetch water from tankers across parts of the national capital, as the city continued to sizzle in the summer heat. Morning visuals showed people from Chilla Gaon of Mayur Vihar area, Sanjay Colony, Okhla area, and Geeta Colony area standing in queues, holding onto cans and buckets and crowding around water tankers amid water shortage in the national capital this summer. Amid soaring temperatures, these scenes have become a daily occurrence in the national capital in many areas.

 

Meanwhile, amid the political tug-of-war on the water crisis, Delhi’s Water Minister Atishi sat on an indefinite hunger strike on Friday, alleging that the Haryana Government is not releasing Delhi’s share of water. She was accompanied by Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh and other members of the party at Bhogal, near Jangpura where she sat on the hunger strike. She paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat before heading to Bhogal. In the meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal read a message from the Chief Minister, who is under judicial custody and said Arvind Kejriwal is hurt to see Delhi’s public suffering from water scarcity.