Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
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As the high-pitch electioneering continues in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly polls, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday (January 29, 2025) hit out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal surrounding his ‘poisonous water’ remark, terming it as a ‘political stunt’ to deflect attention from its AAP government’s failures in Delhi.
Mr. Saini said that ensuring a reliable water supply to the national capital is a collective responsibility, which Haryana is fulfilling diligently and without any shortcomings.
In a statement, Mr. Saini said that Delhi receives its drinking water supply of 1049 cusecs at Munak from the waters of the Yamuna and Ravi-Beas rivers. “Haryana is consistently supplying this water to Delhi through two canals: the Carrier Line Channel (CLC) and the Delhi Branch. Since the commissioning of the Carrier Line Channel in 2014, Haryana has not supplied any water to Delhi through drains or directly from the Yamuna River; instead, clean water is being supplied exclusively through the canal system of CLC and Delhi Branch,” he said.
Mr. Saini said that between January 7th and 13th, 2021, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) tested the water from Yamunanagar (Haryana) to Wazirabad (Delhi) and investigated the primary causes of pollution. “The investigation revealed that dirty water is being illegally discharged between Palla and Wazirabad.
In addition, the accumulation of sediment in the Wazirabad pond was causing an increase in ammonia nitrogen levels. However, the Delhi government has not taken any action on the CPCB’s report since 2021. Neither has the illegal discharge of polluted water between Palla and Wazirabad been stopped nor has any effort been made to clean the Wazirabad pond,” he said.
Published – January 29, 2025 02:11 am IST