Delhi Water Crisis: Residents Chase Water Tankers with Buckets | Video

Amid one of the hottest summers in the recent past, Delhi is struck with a severe water crisis forcing residents to depend on tankers to meet their daily needs. In several areas of the national capital, including Chanakyapuri’s Sanjay Camp and the Geeta colony, the acute water shortage is making women and children chase tankers amid the soaring mercury.

Visuals shared by the news agency ANI showed residents waiting in queue with buckets at Sanjay camp in the Chanakyapuri area.

Another video from the Okhla Phase 2 area showed a mad scramble among residents as a water tanker arrived. People were seen running after the tanker and climbing on top of the vehicle with their pipes.

Delhi Govt Seeks SC’s Help

The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Haryana to release surplus water provided by Himachal Pradesh to the national capital to mitigate its ongoing water crisis.

Delhi’s Water Minister Atishi has accused Haryana of not releasing Delhi’s share of water.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the plea on Monday. According to the cause list of the apex court, a vacation bench of justices P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan is likely to hear the matter.

The plea filed by Delhi’s Water Minister Atishi has made the Centre, the BJP-governed Haryana and the Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh parties to the petition, saying that access to water is essential for survival and is one of the basic human rights.

“Access to water is one of the basic human rights of an individual. Not only is water essential for sustenance, but access to water also forms an essential component of the guarantee of dignity and a quality of life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution,” the plea said.

“The current water crisis, which may only get worse given peak summers and ongoing water shortage, violates the right to a dignified and quality life of the people of the NCT of Delhi, who are unable to access even adequate clean drinking water,” it added.

The plea has sought a direction to the Haryana government for immediate and continuous release of water at the Wazirabad barrage, including but not limited to the full surplus water provided by the Respondent No. 2 (Himachal Pradesh) for the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, in order to mitigate the water crisis in the NCT of Delhi.

The city government said it has sought the direction as a one-time measure and not filed the plea for resolving any outstanding inter-state water dispute.

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