Delhi Water Minister Atishi said on Sunday that she had sought time from Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena for an emergency meeting to apprise him of the "inadequate water" being released by the Haryana government from the Munak Canal.
With piped supply affected in various residential areas, water is supplied to the people through tankers. Visuals from Mayur Vihar and Okhla Phase 2 showed on Sunday residents huddling around water tankers with buckets and cans in their hands to carry water.
Amid the ongoing water crisis here in the national capital, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Atishi claimed on Saturday that neighboring state Haryana is blocking Delhi's share of water.
Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Saturday said that breaking all records, more than 1,400 students from Delhi government schools have qualified in the NEET-UG this year.
A day after Delhi's Chief Minister surrendered to Tihar Jail authorities, Delhi Minister Atishi mounted a fresh attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, alleging that the Aam Admi Party national convenor has been confined in a cell of Tihar Jail without a coole
After the Supreme Court asked the Upper Yamuna River Board to convene an emergency meeting, Delhi's Water Minister Atishi, thanked the apex court for taking cognizance of the water crisis faced by people and said that all the stakeholder states and the central government should sit together
The water crisis in the national capital amid soaring temperatures has left residents scrambling with empty buckets after water tankers. Residents queued in many areas of the national capital waiting to fill their buckets in the blazing heat.
Taking to the microblogging site X, Atishi posted, "Delhiites are troubled by this severe heatwave and water shortage. This is not the time to do dirty politics but to face this crisis together. If the BJP wants to give relief to the people of Delhi, then ask your Haryana and UP governments
Amid the scorching heat of the national capital, as temperature soars beyond 50 degree celsius and citizens fear stepping out, several residents complain of acute water shortage, even as governments set up "war room" and promise "Har Ghar Jal".
The Delhi government is setting up a central war room in Delhi Jal Board to monitor the supply of water tankers according to the requirement in the national capital, Delhi Minister Atishi said on Friday.