In letter to CEC, Atishi and Mann accuse Haryana Government of ‘water terrorism’, ‘influencing’ Delhi polls

In the powerfully worded letter, they said, “… denying their rightful stock of h2o to 34 lakh radical of Delhi amounts to h2o terrorism, and is simply a blatant effort to origin panic and chaos crossed Delhi thereby influencing the escaped and just quality of Delhi elections … We… urgently solicit your involution into the substance wrong 24 hours truthful that either lone axenic earthy h2o is released truthful that ammonia levels tin beryllium diluted…”

Addressing the media, Atishi said Monday, “The BJP is acrophobic of its expectant historical nonaccomplishment successful the upcoming elections, which is wherefore it is resorting to repugnant tactics… Wazirabad, Chandawal, and Okhla h2o attraction plants tally with the earthy Yamuna h2o from the Wazirabad barrage. Over the past 4 days, with a program to defunct the plants, Haryana’s BJP authorities has started to merchandise concern discarded into the Yamuna River to disrupt the h2o proviso of the radical successful Delhi.”

Atishi said this has affected h2o accumulation truthful overmuch that the 3 h2o attraction plants are connected the brink of shutting down. She added this volition person an interaction connected Civil Lines, Hindu Rao, Karol Bagh, Paharganj, Jhandewala, Patel Nagar, Wazirpur, Punjabi Bagh, Model Town, Kingsway Camp, Kalkaji, Batla House, and Kalindi Kunj among different areas.

The h2o proviso successful Central Delhi and NDMC areas similar the President’s House, Supreme Court, High Court, and embassies volition besides beryllium disrupted.

About the ammonia levels, Atishi claimed it to beryllium the highest-ever spike recorded. According to the letter, the ammonia levels exceeded the treatable bounds of 1 portion per cardinal (ppm). The ammonia levels consistently remained supra 6.8 ppm from Saturday. It besides said that the h2o accumulation successful the plants has been affected arsenic follows: 30 per cent successful Wazirabad, 15-20 per cent successful Chandrawal, and 10 per cent successful Okhla.

“The BJP-led Haryana authorities is releasing toxic h2o to the capital… Does the enactment privation to starve to decease 30 per cent of Delhi’s population?… Let maine archer the enactment that we volition archer astir your sinful tactics to each household. In Hinduism, determination is nary bigger misdeed than stopping water. The radical of Delhi volition reply the BJP for this misdeed connected February 5,” said Atishi.

The Delhi and Punjab main ministers person sought an assignment granted by the Election Commission and requested its urgent involution to halt the BJP’s effort to allegedly “influence the election”.

“Diliwalon ko unke haq ka paani ham dilwakar rahenge (We volition guarantee that the radical of Delhi get their rightful stock of water)” said Atishi.

The Delhi authorities has repeatedly accused the BJP-led Haryana authorities of not releasing the Capital’s capable stock of water. In June past year, Atishi went connected an indefinite hunger onslaught implicit this demand, alleging that the Haryana authorities has been liable for the terrible h2o situation successful Delhi.