On Friday, Delhi Water Minister Atishi began an indefinite hunger strike in Bhogal, south Delhi, to press her demand for more water from Haryana.
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Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, joined AAP MP Sanjay Singh and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj as Atishi began her fast.
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Kejriwal’s support to Atishti
Sunita Kejriwal read out a message from the chief minister, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail, in which he expressed hope that Atishi’s ‘tapasya’ would be successful. The chief minister said he was immensely pained by seeing on TV the plight of the people facing water shortage amid the ongoing intense heatwave, he said.
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What she said after she began her fast
There is such intense heat in Delhi and the water requirements of the people have increased. In such times, the people need more water, but there is a shortage. All the water in Delhi comes from its neighbouring states, Atishi said as she began her indefinite fast.
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Number of people suffering
Delhi gets 1005 MGD water which is supplied to people in the city. For the last two weeks, Haryana is giving 513 MGD instead of 613 MGD water to Delhi. More than 28 lakh people face shortage when Haryana stops 100 MGD of water, she said. Haryana has further reduced the release of Delhi’s share from 100 MGD to 120 MGD in the last two days, she claimed.
