A Delhi city official has launched an endless hunger strike to demand more drinking water for the country’s capital, where the plugs in some of its poorest neighborhoods are nearly dry in the heat of the city.
On Monday, the third day of her quick, Delhi Water Minister Atishi said,” There are 2.8 million people in the city who are aching for only a drop of water.”
Every summer, millions of Indians are affected by a shortage of water due to a shortage of it in farms, offices, and homes, but a severe thunderstorm this year has worsened the situation, particularly in Delhi and Bengaluru, a southern software hub.
Delhi’s main source of water supplies is the Yamuna River, but the river slows down during the dry summer months, leading to shortages that cause rallies and calling for better water protection.
Atishi attributed a significant portion of the river waters to Haryana, a farming state that is close by.
Haryana’s authorities responded that it was Delhi’s incompetence that was causing water scarcity. According to experts, a national review of decades-old water-sharing agreements was required to accommodate population growth.
Delhi, a city of 20 million citizens, is one of the world’s most densely populated capital, where upscale communities and manicured gardens are just a few miles apart from accidental working- group areas and slums.
However, the city’s water allocation from rivers has n’t changed since 1994, according to Depinder Kapur, the director of the water program at the think tank Center for Science and Environment, in contrast to the growing unplanned development over the years.
” What was real 10- 15 years ago is not true nowadays. But, there is a condition of problems and it’s a transmission issue”, he said.
The Delhi government is developing strategies to restore lakes and store water from the Yamuna during the monsoon rains, but authorities say the summer gap is challenging to manage by itself.
Environmentalist Vimlendu Jha claimed that Delhi’s water problems is a “year-long issue because extreme temperatures are never going anywhere.” Yamuna ca n’t be the only major source of water, according to Delhi’s need for a comprehensive water management plan.