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The Hindu Bureau
As the Yamuna’s h2o level successful Delhi rises up of Chhath Puja, which volition beryllium celebrated from October 25-28, a caller governmental enactment has erupted betwixt the Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) implicit Haryana’s determination to divert astir each h2o from the Hathnikund Barrage towards the river.
According to Central Water Commission (CWC) data, since October 21 morning, h2o released into the Western and Eastern Yamuna Canals, chiefly utilized for irrigation successful Uttar Pradesh, has dropped to astir zero, portion astir the full travel has been directed towards the Yamuna’s Delhi stretch. Officials accidental this determination volition dilute pollutants and temporarily amended the river’s h2o quality.
A Delhi authorities authoritative confirmed that the accrued travel had already begun to amended h2o quality. “Due to earlier floods and the existent release, the Yamuna’s information volition proceed to amended implicit the adjacent fewer days,” the authoritative said, describing it arsenic an “unprecedented” step.
‘Temporary illusion’
Terming the determination a “temporary illusion” to showcase a cleaner Yamuna during Chhath Puja celebrations, AAP’s Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj accused the BJP-led Haryana authorities of sacrificing farmers’ interests for optics. “At Hathnikund Barrage, the BJP authorities has brought the travel of the Eastern Canal, meant for Uttar Pradesh farmers, to zero. The Yamuna is overflowing, but fields successful U.P. are drying up,” Mr. Bharadwaj said. He alleged that the BJP was utilizing “extra canal h2o and defoaming sprays” to marque the stream look clean, calling it a “political conspiracy”.
Dirty drain
Countering the charge, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said the AAP authorities had turned the Yamuna into a “dirty drain”. “On October 25, 2024, I took a dip successful the Yamuna astatine ITO and had to beryllium hospitalised owed to its filth. Today, nether Rekha Gupta’s government, the stream has been cleaned wrong 8 months,” helium claimed. Mr. Sachdeva added that BJP spokesperson Anil Gupta performed aachman (ritual sipping) of the Yamuna h2o connected Thursday, and declared it was safe. “Whether it is Yamuna Maiya oregon Chhath Maiya, AAP committed corruption successful their names, and that is wherefore they are nary longer successful power,” helium said.
Bhim Singh Rawat, subordinate coordinator astatine the South Asia Networks connected Dams, Rivers and People, said, “The merchandise of h2o into the stream is simply a invited move, but the authorities should find a mode to summation the travel successful the Yamuna passim the year to revive the river.”
