Delhi: Atishi asks police to guard water pipelines

Residents fill water from tanker amid water crisis. File pic/PTI

Delhi Water minister Atishi on Sunday wrote to Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora requesting deployment of personnel for patrolling and protecting major pipelines for next 15 days, as the national capital grapples with a water crisis. In her letter, minister said Delhi is reeling under a severe heat wave and water crisis.

"Due to shortage of water being received in the Yamuna, water production has fallen by around 70 MGD and many parts of Delhi are experiencing water shortage. In this situation, every drop of water becomes precious," the letter said.

The Delhi Jal Board has deployed patrol teams for the main water distribution network that carries raw water to the Water Treatment Plants and then from them to the main underground reservoirs in different parts of the city, Atishi said in the letter.

BJP protests against AAP govt

The BJP on Sunday staged a protest against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the water crisis in the national capital.
Launching a vitriolic attack on the AAP, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said that Delhi Jal Board was in a profit of crores of rupees when Arvind Kejriwal became the chief minister.

‘No one ready for unprecedented heat'

India is grappling with unprecedented heat this summer and no one is prepared for the level of warming being experienced, leading environmentalist Sunita Narain has said, emphasizing the need for a heat index and a complete overhaul of the way modern cities are designed.

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