BJP seeks special assembly session to discuss Delhi 'water crisis', blames AAP govt 'mismanagement'
The Hindu
The BJP on June 8 demanded that the Delhi Assembly Speaker call a special session of the House to discuss the prevailing “water crisis” in the city that it blamed on the AAP government’s “mismanagement”.
The BJP on June 8 demanded that the Delhi Assembly Speaker call a special session of the House to discuss the prevailing "water crisis" in the city that it blamed on the AAP government's "mismanagement".
BJP Chief Whip in the Delhi Assembly, Ajay Mahawar, in a letter to Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, said the whole of Delhi is struggling with a water shortage amid unprecedented heat and the people are devastated due to the government's "water mismanagement".
"It is requested of you to immediately call a special session of the Delhi Assembly to discuss and find a solution to this crisis and provide relief to the people from this disaster caused by mismanagement of the Delhi government and the Delhi Jal Board," Mr. Mahawar said in his letter.
He claimed that some special sessions were held in the past to discuss "unnecessary" issues while pressing for calling a special session on the water shortage.
BJP Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva also demanded that the Speaker call a special session of the assembly on the problems faced by people due to the water shortage.
The national capital has been grappling with a water shortage, with Delhi Water Minister Atishi blaming Haryana for not releasing Yamuna water to the city.
The acute shortage has become an "existential problem" in Delhi, the Supreme Court observed on June 6 and directed the Himachal Pradesh government to release 137 cusecs of surplus water to the national capital and Haryana to facilitate its flow.
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