“The people of Sagarpur, Dwarka had called me and the situation there is very bad. I went to a house and black water was being supplied there. I filled that black water in a bottle and I brought that water here, at the Chief Minister’s residence,” Swati Maliwal said.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal visited Chief Minister Atishi’s residence on Saturday, carrying a bottle of contaminated water reportedly supplied to residents in Sagarpur and Dwarka. Expressing her frustration over Delhi’s persistent water crisis, the Rajya Sabha MP poured the polluted water in front of the CM’s residence as a warning, threatening a larger protest if the issue remains unaddressed.
“The people of Sagarpur, Dwarka had called me and the situation there is very bad. I went to a house and black water was being supplied there. I filled that black water in a bottle and I brought that water here, at the Chief Minister’s residence,” Swati Maliwal said.
“Since 2015 we have been hearing that next year everything will be fine. That black water which I have brought with me, will Delhi have to drink this water? I warned the Chief Minister that what I have done today is only a glimpse. If within fifteen days she does not fix the water supply of entire Delhi, I will bring a whole tanker full of such water,” she warned.
#WATCH | AAP MP Swati Maliwal arrives at Delhi CM Atishi’s residence with a bottle filled with polluted water and throws it outside the CM’s residence. She is claiming that this water is being supplied to the people of Delhi pic.twitter.com/ERJpqowuZX
— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2024
“I am leaving this water for her. She can bathe with this water, drink this water or purify her sins… Chhath Puja is coming. Today was Govardhan Puja, yesterday was Diwali and this is the condition of Delhi… Who can drink this water and live? Who can stay alive after drinking this water? The Chief Minister is also the Water Minister. Is her job just to make fun by holding ten press conferences every day?” Maliwal asked as he hit out at Delhi Chief Minister.
#WATCH | Delhi | AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal says, “The people of Sagarpur, Dwarka had called me and the situation there is very bad… I went to a house and black water was being supplied there. I filled that black water in a bottle and I brought that water here, at the… https://t.co/FN3JgtYUXn pic.twitter.com/2twrYzVlO8
— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2024
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi was sworn in as Delhi’s eighth chief minister on September 21, 2024, after AAP’s national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, resigned on September 17.
Delhi’s PM2.5 levels up by 13% on Diwali night this year: Report
The national capital’s PM2.5 levels hit a peak by midnight on Diwali this year, which was 13 per cent higher than the peaks observed last year and in 2022, a recent analysis showed.
The Diwali night this year had higher nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels that indicates high traffic congestion, a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said, as reported by PTI.