AAP Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj Accuses Haryana Government of Reducing Water Supply to Delhi

New Delhi [India], June 23: AAP Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused the BJP-led Haryana government of deliberately reducing water supply to the national capital, causing a crisis. He stated that the Prime Minister is not addressing the issue.

During a press conference, Bharadwaj said, “Haryana’s BJP government is lying continuously. They are reducing water. After Atishi sat for protest, Haryana reduced at least 17 MGD (million gallons per day) more water. So now Haryana is giving 117 MGD less water…Haryana has stopped water for 85,000 people in the last 3 days. This is very unfortunate.”

Bharadwaj also mentioned a meeting with Delhi LG, where the entire conversation was recorded. He urged the LG to release the video to show who is working for Delhi. He further criticized the Centre, saying, “The BJP government of Haryana has deliberately stopped Delhi’s water. The Prime Minister is silent on this issue. He is not able to see Delhi’s crisis. The BJP government of Haryana is continuously sending less water and is openly lying about it.”

Meanwhile, Atishi, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, alleged that the Haryana government is lying about not having water to supply to Delhi. She said, “Today is the third day of my indefinite hunger strike. I am on strike because there is a huge water crisis in Delhi. Delhi does not have its water. All the water in Delhi comes from neighboring states. The total water in Delhi is 1005 MGD. Out of which 613 MGD (million gallons per day) comes from Haryana but in the last 3 weeks, Haryana has reduced it.”

Atishi further claimed, “They are not giving water to Delhi… The Haryana government says that we do not have water but yesterday some people went to Hathni Kund Barrage and showed that there is water in the Hathni Kund Barrage but the gate from which water is released for Delhi has been closed and water is not being released from there.”