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New Delhi: Water supply to prominent hospitals in the national capital was affected as the Delhi water crisis worsened amid scorching heat. Residents in various parts of the city were seen standing in long queues to get water from tankers. Visuals shared on social media from Vasant Vihar, Geeta Colony and Kusumpur Pahari in Okhla area showed people holding cans and buckets to get water from the water tankers. Moreover, this problem now seems to have intensified as water supply to prominent hospitals including Lady Hardinge Medical College and RML hospital has been affected, Dainik Jagran reported.
The areas that have been affected due to the water crisis include Sanjay Camp in Chanakyapuri, Geeta Colony in East Delhi, Patel Nagar, Mehrauli and Chhatarpur.
In the meantime, political slugfest started on Monday with the ruling AAP alleging that the BJP is intentionally exacerbating the situation to inconvenience the public. In its reply, the BJP organised ‘matka phod’ protests, blaming the Kejriwal government for the crisis.
Locals in Delhi were seen in queues to fetch water from tankers in various parts of the national capital, as they continue to face a water shortage amid the scorching heat.
Morning visuals showed people from Kusumpur Pahadi in Vasant Vihar in South West Delhi to Geeta Colony in East Delhi and Okhla in South East Delhi standing in queues, holding onto cans and buckets and crowding around water tankers.
Amid soaring temperatures, these scenes have become a daily occurrence in the national capital in many areas since the start of the summer season this year.
A resident from Okhla described his plight and said that instead of protesting all the political parties should stand together and find a solution to this issue.
“Every year during May and June, Delhi faces a water crisis. For the last ten years after the Kejriwal government was formed we have been getting water from one way or the other. Haryana is not giving water. Every summer this issue arises. Once the monsoon commences this difficulty will be over. We are getting water from the arrangements done by the Delhi government. BJP has won all 7 seats from Delhi in the Lok Sabha polls. Each party should support each other instead of protesting. Nothing will happen by staging the Matka Phor protest. The MPs should also arrange water in the city,” he said.
Delhi’s Water Minister Atishi, stressed the urgency of coordination to mitigate the current water emergency exacerbated by severe heat waves. The Delhi Water Minister called for immediate support to alleviate the unprecedented suffering of Delhi’s citizens, postponing discussions on Yamuna water distribution until the crisis subsides.
Notably, on June 15, Atishi had requested Haryana on humanitarian grounds to give some additional water to Delhi. The Upper Yamuna River Board had advised Delhi and Haryana to hold a bilateral meeting and consider whether Haryana could give some extra water to Delhi.
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