Haryana accuses Delhi of water wastage
July 13th, 2009 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) In a war of words over water, Haryana Monday accused Delhi of being “wasteful” and “extravagant” in using water.
It also accused Delhi of delaying - apparently “deliberately” - acquisition of land and its hand-over to Haryana for making a 600-metre carrier-lined channel that would meet the capital’s water shortage.
“Delhi Jal Board authorities keep on demanding two to three times of their share of water under various pretexts, and then use it extravagantly. The per capita water consumption of about 200 litres per day in Delhi is the highest in the country,” officials of the Haryana irrigation department said here Monday.
The officials said that in certain districts of Haryana like Jhajjar, Rewari, Mahendergarh and Bhiwani, the per capita availability of water was not even 45 litres per day.
Haryana authorities even threatened to cut water supply to Delhi if its wasteful use was not stopped.
“Only 25 percent of the effluents in Delhi was recycled and rest was discharged into the Yamuna river and into the canals, which feed Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. This is not desirable,” a Haryana government spokesman said here.
“If the construction of Okhla pipeline and treatment plant is not stopped, Haryana would have no choice but to make reduction in supplies at Wazirabad to prevent this illegal diversion of water. As per the court orders, this water had to be supplied at the cost of drinking water, to the arid districts of Haryana,” the spokesman said.
Haryana’s strong reaction on the water controversy came after Delhi Jal Board officials accused the state of not supplying adequate water to the national capital, causing water scarcity in many areas there.
The Haryana spokesman said there has been serious delay on the part of Delhi authorities in acquiring land in Delhi territory for a 600-metre carrier-lined channel. Land for the channel is still to be acquired by Delhi and handed over to Haryana, without which Delhi cannot expect Haryana to complete the channel, he added.
“Delhi is nowhere near the completion of this pipeline and the delay appears to be deliberate,” the spokesman said.
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May 11th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
All along the pipeline that supply water from Haryana to south delhi, there are many brokages , and thousands of litre of water is just wasted for not any use, DJB is commiting crime by not fixing up those brokages, and than we cry that there is scarcity , Athorities need to be strict , belive me every thing will be all right , govt should have confidence in itself,