As mercury touched all-time high in Delhi this summer, water crisis is galore in some parts of the national Capital. Adding to the water crisis woes is the ban on the private water tankers by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who promised that only Delhi Jal Board water tankers will be deployed for the purpose in area still awaiting water pipeline.
However, the non-implementation of the CM’s promise has left residents of South Delhi’s Deoli in the lurch. Residents of Yamuna Apartment, Deoli, with about 250 families, are rue, “In the last four years, we tried our best and approached all the Government authorities like DJB, local MLA, the CM Janata Adalat, but all in vain. We used to buy water from private tankers, but that is not available now after Kejriwal’s fiat. The Delhi Government has imposed a ban on private water tankers without even thinking of alternative solutions for water supplies to apartment.”
They added, “We went to meet the Delhi Jal Board Executive Engineer, but he too refused to help us as they have only 50 water tankers available with them. As per them, they only provide free water facilities to independent houses and not to apartments.” Therefore, the residents of Yamuna Apartments have decided to sit on a peaceful protest at the residence of MLA Prakash Jhariwal soon.
