Haryana CM asks Delhi CM to do something important to get additional water

Like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka share the same waters of Cauvery, Dehli and Haryana too share this policy.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Tuesday offered to continue the supply of additional 150 cusecs of water to the national capital up to June 30 if the Delhi government withdraws all cases from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Delhi High Court.

Khattar made the offer in a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in response to a letter of the AAP convener. In the letter, Khattar said, “As per your request, we were supplying about 1050 cusecs from Munak (canal) when Delhi (had) decided to drag Haryana into multiple litigations. Upon a request of Secretary, MoWR (ministry of water resources), we started releasing additional 150 cusecs from Munak, so that about 100-120 cusecs may be received at Wazirabad… We have decided to extend the period of release of this additional water… up to 30 June 2018, subject to the condition that Delhi withdraws all cases from the NGT and Delhi High Court.

“I… also hope that in case of litigation by private persons, you (Delhi CM) would defend Haryana’s stand of UYRB ( Upper Yamuna River Board), being the correct forum for deliberations and decision making on such issues,” Khattar said in the letter.

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“We have acceded to request of Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) to supply 120 cusecs . for the current summer only. Delhi must make its own arrangement from the next year onwards as no supplies would be made through DD-8 by Haryana on account of reasons explained in detail in our reply before the Supreme Court,” the Haryana CM said.

“We have been discharging all our obligations set forth by Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) in terms of share and allocation of water to Delhi,” he said while pointing at the “acute shortage” of water in the Yamuna.

He said despite the adverse impact on drinking water supply to thousands of Haryana villages and several towns, the state had never reduced the supply to Delhi.

“In fact, presently we are supplying 120 cusecs over and above our obligations,” he said.