As Delhi continues to reel under the severe water crisis, Water Minister Atishi on Monday wrote a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora seeking patrolling of water pipelines in the national capital.
She urged the commissioner to deploy police along the major water pipelines and increase patrolling in the national capital for the next 15 days.
Seeking Delhi Police cooperation, Atishi writes, “I am writing to request the deployment of police personnel to patrol and protect our major pipelines for the next 15 days.”
“This would be very important for putting a stop to miscreants or people with ulterior motives from tampering with our water pipelines, which have now become Delhi’s lifelines. At this juncture, any foul play and sabotage will worsen the already difficult water shortage being faced by the people of Delhi,” she added.
Meanwhile, AAP MLAs reached the residence of Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil in Delhi.
Speaking with news agency ANI, AAP MLA Rakhi Birla said, “It is unfortunate that we gave a letter to Minister CR Patil yesterday, and today our delegation visited his residence to meet him, but we are getting the information that he is not at his residence. We want to request that the minister pay attention to the issue of water shortages in Delhi.”
Accusing the AAP government over the raging water crisis in the national capital, BJP MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat from West Delhi said that the residents of Dwarka have been complaining about the water shortages as private tankers are costing more money, and “they are unable to avail government tankers.”
Taking a potshot at AAP, she said, “The Delhi government is blaming other state governments for the water shortage, whereas the problem lies within their department… I request Atishi not on humanitarian grounds, but as a minister in the Delhi government, she needs to take care of her department.”
(Inputs by ANI)
