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Within days after Delhi Jal Delhi, DJB Vice Chairman.
Mohaniya alleged that due to this
Board’s Vice Chairman Dinesh problem, two big plants of Delhi Jal Board
Mohaniya alleged that water in Chandrawal and Wazirabad are able to
being supplied from Haryana Haryana produce only half of their capacity, and
consequently the supply of water in Del-
is contaminated with a high hi is being affected. “Because the water is
amount of ammonia, Haryana in war of not being produced completely in Delhi,
Delhi Jal Board is not able to supply water
hit back, saying that it was in some areas of Central and South Delhi,
‘an attempt to malign state’s as it plans”, he added.
“Such developments just before the
image’. A report on the current words elections create doubt in anyone’s mind.
controversy by sunny sharma The reason for this suspicion is that on
one hand, the Union Minister Ram Vilas
he Delhi Jal Board Vice-chair- over Paswan of the BJP led central govern-
ment accused the Delhi Jal Board of sup-
man had alleged that dirty plying dirty water in Delhi and on the
water was being supplied at other hand contaminated dirty water is
the time of elections in Delhi being supplied from the BJP ruled Hary-
T and it was a political conspir- ‘dirty ana”, Dinesh Mohaniya added.
acy. Dinesh Mohaniya‘s statement read, He clarified, “The BJP often accuses
“The water supplied in Delhi comes from the Delhi Jal Board of supplying dirty wa-
other states, in which Haryana is the water’
largest source. Since the announcement
of elections, the amount of ammonia in
the water coming from Haryana has in-
creased a lot. This has affected the water ed water that they produce because of
supply in many parts of Delhi. As Hary- pollutants. The decrease was around 100
ana is ruled by BJP, these developments million gallons daily. DJB supplies 940
during the elections seem to be a political MGD of water as opposed to a demand of
conspiracy”. around 1,200 MGD.
Amit Arya, media advisor to the Har- Dinesh Mohaniya alleged, “For the last
yana Chief Minister Calling Mohaniya’s 3 days, the water problem has started
statement false, said it was an attempt to again in Delhi. The water coming from
malign the state’s image. Arya also said the BJP ruled Haryana contains a high
that “similar allegations made earlier by amount of ammonia. The level of Am-
DJB were found baseless by the Central monia steadily increased from 1.2 ppm
Pollution Control Board”. on 8th to 1.8 ppm on 9th to 2.7 ppm on
According to experts, the high ammo- the 10th. Due to this, Delhi Jal Board was
nia content can stall functioning of wa- able to produce 100 MGD less water
ter treatment plants as they are unable to compared to normal production”.
treat water with more than 0.7 ppm am- “Sudden increase in the amount of
monia. Increased presence of ammonia ammonia in the water supplied from
in water is a recurrent issue between the Haryana during the elections indicates
two states; especially between January some kind of political conspiracy. BJP
and March as the amount of water flow- often accuses the Delhi Jal Board of sup-
ing in the river is much lower than the plying dirty water in the city. I want to tell
ecological flow that is required. everyone that the water being supplied
As per several reports and experts, a in Delhi comes from the BJP ruled states.
large load of pollutants is added to the One of the major reasons behind the fre-
river from the Panipat Industrial Area. quent complaints of dirty water in Delhi
Officials said two water treatment plants is the supply of contaminated water with
— Chandrawal and Wazirabad — were waste, sewage, and filth from the Panipat
able to produce half the amount of treat- Industrial Area in Haryana”, alleged the

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