The Delhi government said that Haryana irrigation secretary K K Jalan visited Wazirabad and Haiderpur water treatment plants on Saturday without informing the Delhi Jal Board. Following the visit, Haryana "has at last realized that the alarm raised by Delhi on the water issue is based on ground realities", it added.
alan quickly refuted the claim. "I did not visit Wazirabad. I visited Haiderpur after informing DJB officials and they accompanied me. They even offered me a cup of tea," he said, adding that the state had neither increased nor curtailed Delhi's water supply. Haryana, in turn, alleged that DJB had cut water supply to more than 60 families of Haryana irrigation department officials living in Delhi. Chief engineer (Yamuna Water Services) Anand Kumar, in an official release said that DJB had "stooped very low" by cutting off water to residential premises at Sham Nath Marg and Under Hill Road in Civil Lines where these families live.
DJB officials did not respond to this charge.
The two CMs will meet at Dikshit's residence on Monday afternoon after the Prime Minister's Office prodded the governments to resolve their water disputes.
While these allegations and counter-allegations were being traded, many parts of Delhi reeled under acute water shortage, Residents, including women and children from different parts of south, southwest and east Delhi, protested against the government for failing to supply adequate water.
Sources said that if Haryana agrees to supply more water, areas such as Connaught Place, Moti Nagar, Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Kirti Nagar and several parts of new and Old Delhi would get better supply.
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