Delhi Severe Water Crisis

The politics over the water shortage in Delhi intensified on Monday as the ruling AAP accused the BJP of "deliberately creating" the situation to trouble the people, even as the BJP held 'matka phod' protests blaming the Kejriwal government.

Amid severe heat and water crisis in the national capital, a dispute over filling water from a common tap injured three persons in Dwarka, officials said on Sunday.

Delhi minister Atishi urged Haryana to release water on "humanitarian ground" as the national capital reels under a severe water crisis.

Delhi, dealing with the double whammy of an unprecedented heatwave and a severe water crisis, took a new blow this afternoon.

As India's capital city faces a severe water crisis, different parts of the city witness people waiting in long queues to collect water from the water tanker.

Heatwave death cases: Ninety-nine suspected heatstroke deaths in Odisha, 33 poll personnel dead in Uttar Pradesh and severe water shortage in some parts of the national capital Delhi - India is currently enduring a devastating heatwave.

As Delhi battles a severe water crisis amid rising temperatures, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday made an appeal to the Centre and the BJP to urge the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to help Delhi meet its water demands,

Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Tuesday said there could be a severe water crisis in the national capital since funds have not been released to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

Delhi is staring at a water crisis amid the rising heat, with the water levels at the Wazirabad pond depleting alarmingly due to acute shortage in water flow in the Yamuna river, officials said.

Delhi Jal Board vice chairman Raghav Chadha has accused the Haryana government of supplying less water to Delhi resulting in a severe water crisis in the national capital.

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the Haryana government to "avert a potential severe water crisis" in Delhi, water utility's vice chairman Raghav Chadha said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today that "water production" was back to normal in the national capital and the "crisis" was over, a day after water supply to several areas of the Delhi was hit due to spike in ammonia levels.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government has taken a number of steps to ensure that the water situation in the national capital does not reach an alarming level.

The Delhi government is rolling out several projects to increase water availability in the city by 15 to 20 per cent in the next two years, and 50 per cent in five years, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.

Through the long summer months in Delhi, people have cut down on their daily water consumption because of a severe shortage that has led to fights in which three people have been killed.

The politics over the water shortage in Delhi intensified on Monday as the ruling AAP accused the BJP of "deliberately creating" the situation to trouble the people, even as the BJP held 'matka phod' protests blaming the Kejriwal government.

Amid severe heat and water crisis in the national capital, a dispute over filling water from a common tap injured three persons in Dwarka, officials said on Sunday.

Delhi minister Atishi urged Haryana to release water on "humanitarian ground" as the national capital reels under a severe water crisis.

Delhi, dealing with the double whammy of an unprecedented heatwave and a severe water crisis, took a new blow this afternoon.

As India's capital city faces a severe water crisis, different parts of the city witness people waiting in long queues to collect water from the water tanker.

Heatwave death cases: Ninety-nine suspected heatstroke deaths in Odisha, 33 poll personnel dead in Uttar Pradesh and severe water shortage in some parts of the national capital Delhi - India is currently enduring a devastating heatwave.

As Delhi battles a severe water crisis amid rising temperatures, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday made an appeal to the Centre and the BJP to urge the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to help Delhi meet its water demands,

Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Tuesday said there could be a severe water crisis in the national capital since funds have not been released to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

Delhi is staring at a water crisis amid the rising heat, with the water levels at the Wazirabad pond depleting alarmingly due to acute shortage in water flow in the Yamuna river, officials said.

Delhi Jal Board vice chairman Raghav Chadha has accused the Haryana government of supplying less water to Delhi resulting in a severe water crisis in the national capital.

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the Haryana government to "avert a potential severe water crisis" in Delhi, water utility's vice chairman Raghav Chadha said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today that "water production" was back to normal in the national capital and the "crisis" was over, a day after water supply to several areas of the Delhi was hit due to spike in ammonia levels.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government has taken a number of steps to ensure that the water situation in the national capital does not reach an alarming level.

The Delhi government is rolling out several projects to increase water availability in the city by 15 to 20 per cent in the next two years, and 50 per cent in five years, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.

Through the long summer months in Delhi, people have cut down on their daily water consumption because of a severe shortage that has led to fights in which three people have been killed.