Fresh visuals of Delhi residents queueing up to collect water from tankers emerged on Monday morning amid the continued water crisis in the capital. Delhi is facing a shortage due to unprecedented summer heat, with temperatures hovering around the 50 degree-Celsius mark in parts of the city.
Earlier visuals showed people across areas scrambling with empty buckets to water tankers, some were even seen jumping the queue to get to the top of tankers to fill their vessel.
#WATCH | Long queues of people to collect water being seen in several parts of Delhi, as many areas face a water crisis. Water is being supplied to the people through tankers.
Visuals from Geeta Colony. pic.twitter.com/AM6m7vlxTM
— ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2024
Amid the shortage, the Supreme Court will on Monday hear Delhi’s government’s plea for more water supply. The AAP government had reached out to the Centre and the apex court seeking additional water supply from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh for a month.
In its petition in Supreme Court, Delhi said that the need for water has increased in the national capital amid sweltering heat. “Delhi’s need for water has increased in the scorching heat. It is everyone’s responsibility to fulfill the needs of the country’s capital,” the petition said.
POLITICS OVER WATER CRISIS
Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party has been alleging that the neighbouring states, especially Haryana, has not been releasing enough water to the capital.
Delhi minister Atishi wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini requesting them to release additional water to the national capital for a month.
Atishi stressed that Delhi is grappling with an unprecedented water crisis this year, with the demand for water surging significantly compared to previous years amid a heatwave.
“With temperature touching almost 50 degrees Celsius, Delhi is stretched out to the maximum as far as its water resources are concerned. To tackle the existing crisis, we urgently need Haryana to release additional water into the Yamuna River at the earliest,” she wrote in her letter to the Haryana CM on May 31.
In her letter to the UP CM, Atishi, who has the water portfolio, stressed the severity of the heatwave and the need for assistance from all quarters.