Delhi minister Atishi's indefinite fast over water crisis enters its second day

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Update: 2024-06-22 05:30 GMT
Delhi minister and AAP leader Atishi Singh with party leader Sanjay Singh and Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, during her indefinite hunger strike to press on her demand for more water from Haryana amid the ongoing water crisis in the national capital, in New Delhi on Friday | PTI

New Delhi, June 22 (PTI) Delhi Water Minister Atishi continued her indefinite fast, which enters the second day on Saturday, over the water crisis in the national capital.

In a video message from her 'Jal Satyagrah' venue at Bhogal in south Delhi, Atishi said she will not eat anything till Haryana releases more water for the people in the city, 28 lakh of whom she said were water shortage.

The minister sat on indefinite fast on Friday, alleging that Haryana was not releasing Delhi's rightful share of water in Yamuna.

She said 110 million gallons per day (MGD) less water was released by Haryana on Friday.

"One MGD water provides for 28,000 people. Shortage of 100 MGD water means 28 lakh people are not getting water in Delhi," she said.

The Water Minister said that Delhi depends on neighbouring states for water. It receives 1,005 MGD water from neighbouring states through rivers and canals, out of which Haryana provides 613 MGD, she said.

In the extreme summer heat faced by Delhi, Haryana has reduced its share to 513 MGD for a few weeks affecting over 28 lakh people, she added. PTI 

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