The severe water crisis in the national capital is likely to continue with neighbouring Haryana cutting supply, leaving various treatment plants short of raw water and areas across Delhi parched. A statement from the Chief Minister's office said that people were bound to face acute shortage of drinking water as Haryana has curtailed raw water supply. Delhi government's efforts to get additional water from neighbouring Haryana to ease the worsening situation did not yield any results.Earlier in a meeting on Sunday, Delhi Chief Secretary PK Tripathi had requested his Haryana counterpart PK Chaudhery to to provide additional water to Delhi apart from daily supply of 1,000 cusecs. How ever the Haryana Chief Secretary turned down the request, saying his state was also facing the same situation
News On AIR | June 15, 2012 1:29 PM
Haryana cuts water supply; Delhi water crisis to continue