Delhi Water Crisis: As the national capital reels under a water crisis, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Friday that whatever surplus water is available in Himachal Pradesh after the state's requirements are fulfilled, the state government is ready to give that water to Delhi or any other state.
Speaking to reporters on the issue, the Congress leader said that the water from the hill state enters Delhi through Haryana, so the Delhi government has to make an agreement with the Haryana government, and the HImachal government has no say in it.
"Whatever water Himachal has, except the water needed by our state, we are ready to give all the water to Delhi or any other state...Himachal Pradesh is a part of this country. If the water has to come through Haryana, then Delhi will have to reach an agreement with the Haryana government. We do not have a say in it," Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said.
"Himachal Pradesh is ready to give water to Delhi or any other state...Water from Himachal Pradesh enters Delhi via Haryana so the Delhi government has to make an agreement with the Haryana government...Himachal Pradesh has surplus water, he also said.
On Friday, Delhi Water minister Atishi said water production in the national capital is decreasing continuously as less water is reaching the Yamuna river here. The AAP dispensation has been alleging that Haryana has not been releasing Delhi's share of water.
"Due to less water reaching Yamuna, water production in Delhi is continuously decreasing. Under normal circumstances, 1005 MGD of water is produced in Delhi, but it has been continuously decreasing since last one week," she said in a post on X in Hindi.
"Due to reduced production, there is water shortage in many parts of Delhi. Everyone is requested to use water very economically," she said.