Amid the ongoing water shortage in the national capital, Delhi Minister Atishi on Thursday said she will sit on an indefinite fast to get the water from Haryana.
She said she would go to Rajghat at 11 am and pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. The Delhi minister will then sit on an indefinite fast in the Bhogal Colony of Jangpura from 12 pm.
"Tomorrow from 21st June, I will sit on an indefinite fast to get the water from Haryana which is our right, which will quench the thirst of 28 lakh people. Tomorrow at 11 am, I will go to Rajghat and pay tribute to Gandhi ji there. After that from 12 pm, I will sit on an indefinite fast in Bhogal Colony of Jangpura," Delhi Water Minister Atishi said in a press conference.
"At a time when Delhi needed more water, there is shortage of water in Delhi. The total water supply in Delhi is 1,005 MGD (million gallons per day). Out of this, 613 MGD comes from Haryana. But, from the last two weeks, Haryana government has been only 513 MGD water. I, being the Water Minister, tried every possible thing to get a solution," Atishi said.
Atishi claimed that despite Himachal agreeing to give water to Delhi, Haryana was not ready to supply water.
"Himachal was ready to give us water, but even that water had to come through Haryana, for which Haryana was not ready. Now, I have no avenue left; after all possible efforts, I am not able to see the pain of people of Delhi. Tomorrow, from June 21, I will sit on an indefinite strike," the Delhi Minister said.