Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, whose state is battling floods, on Sunday hit out at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal over the rain situation in the national capital.
“I am seeing many statements that water is coming from Haryana and UP, we also get water from Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan but we do not criticize them for water because we believe it is a natural phenomenon and we There has to be a scientific plan to solve it. Blaming other state government is not going to solve the problem, it is your problem and you have to solve it yourself,” elaborated Sarma.
AAP leaders alleged that Delhi was flooded due to water released by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Haryana minister defended his government
Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal on Thursday said that not releasing excess water from the barrage could cause “huge loss” in his state. His statement came after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requested the Center to intervene in the matter. The Delhi Chief Minister, in a letter to the Union Home Minister, requested that “if possible, release of water from Hathinikund barrage in Haryana in a limited manner” and pointed out that the national capital is set to host the G20 summit in a few weeks. Is. ,
Kanwar said, “When there is flood or heavy rain, as we have seen in neighboring Himachal Pradesh and even in our state in the last few days, there is no option but to release water. If we stop, the situation will be disastrous.” ,
Pal said that the Hathinikund barrage in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district does not have a system to store large amounts of water like a reservoir, adding that if more water is stored in the barrage than the permissible limit, there could be a “huge loss”.
There are two major barrages on the Yamuna – Dakpathar in Dehradun and Hathnikund in Yamunanagar, upstream of Delhi. There are no dams on the river and hence, most of the monsoon flow remains untapped, resulting in floods during the season.
In the last few days, the Yamuna’s flash flood water has inundated large tracts of agricultural land in Haryana’s Karnal and Panipat districts and affected some villages.
(with PTI inputs)