State supplying contaminated water to Capital: Delhi Jal Board

New Delhi, January 12

Delhi Jal Board Vice-Chairman Dinesh Mohaniya on Sunday alleged that the BJP-ruled Haryana was supplying contaminated water to the city as part of a “political conspiracy” ahead of Assembly polls. No immediate reaction was available from the BJP.

Speaking from the Aam Aadmi Party office, Mohaniya said the water supplied by Haryana had a high amount of ammonia and hence the DJB production had decreased by 100 MGD (million gallons per day).

“The water supplied in Delhi comes from other states also, with Haryana being the biggest source. After the announcement of polls, the amount of ammonia in the water coming from Haryana has increased a lot,” he told reporters.

“This has affected the water supply in many parts of Delhi. As Haryana is ruled by BJP, these developments ahead of the election seem to be a political conspiracy,” said Mohaniya, adding the BJP is conspiring to defame the Delhi Government.

“For the last three days, people in Delhi have been facing water problem,” he said.

“BJP often accuses the Delhi Jal Board for supplying dirty water in the city. I want to tell everyone that the water being supplied to Delhi comes from the BJP-ruled states. One of the major reasons behind frequent complaints of dirty water in Delhi is that the water supplied from the Panipat Industrial Area in Haryana is contaminated and laden with waste, sewage and filth,” said the DJB vice chairman.

Owing to this, output at two big plants of Delhi Jal Board in Chandrawal and Wazirabad had reduced to half their total capacity. Consequently, the supply of water in some areas of Central and South Delhi had been affected, he said.

“Such developments just before the elections create doubt in anyone’s mind. The reason for this suspicion is that on one hand, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan of the BJP-led Central Government accused the Delhi Jal Board for supplying dirty water in Delhi, while on the other hand, the contaminated water is being supplied from the BJP-ruled Haryana”, Mohaniya added.

The Assembly election in Delhi is scheduled for February 8.

Adviser to CM terms allegation false

Describing Delhi Jal Board’s Vice Chairman Dinesh Mohaniya statement regarding Haryana supplying contaminated water to New Delhi as false and baseless, Amit Arya, Media Adviser to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, said the statement was just an attempt to malign the image of the state government and to take political mileage in the wake of upcoming elections in New Delhi.

In a statement issued here today, Arya said they should refrain from issuing such kind of statement. He said in 2018 and 2019, in the month of January, similar allegations had been made by the board, however, the same were found to be baseless by the Central Pollution Control Board. —PTI, TNS