Delhi Minister Atishi on Sunday wrote a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, urging the deployment of police personnel to protect major pipelines in the national capital.
As several parts of Delhi have been facing an acute shortage of water amid extreme summer heat, the Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy against the people, while the BJP held a Matka-Phod protest against the Arvind Kejriwal government to highlight the crisis.
With the water supply crisis deepening in the city, police officials inspected the Jal Board pipelines in the Yamuna Khadar area of northeast Delhi on Sunday and said that there's no leakage.
The water crisis in Delhi has sparked widespread protests, vandalism, and intense political confrontations across the city. The Delhi Jal Board office was vandalised by some BJP workers in the Chhatarpur area on Sunday.
As Delhi's water woes escalate amid the prevailing intense heatwave, AAP MLAs accused Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil of not intervening in the matter, while the BJP held 'matka-phod' protest against the Arvind Kejriwal government highlight the water crisis in Delhi.
The water crisis in Delhi has sparked widespread protests, vandalism, and intense political confrontations across the city. The Delhi Jal Board office was vandalized by some BJP workers in the Chhatarpur area on Sunday.
Delhi Water Minister Atishi said that due to severe heatwave conditions, the water shortage persisted in Delhi. She appealed to people to consciously and carefully use the available water.
Residents of Geeta Colony in Delhi breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday as they finally received water supply through increased number of tankers following complaints and protests against the Delhi Jal Board over disrupted services.
The Congress party has ramped up its activities in preparation for the upcoming bye-election for the Jalandhar West Assembly seat, scheduled for July 10. In light of this, a meeting has been convened today to discuss the election strategy.