SC to hear DJB-plea accusing Haryana of supplying less water
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) alleging that Haryana was supplying 120 cusecs less water to Delhi out of the 450 cusecs of water it was supposed to supply. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said it will hear the matter on April 2. Here's more.
Wazirabad water plant is receiving 120 cusecs less water
The counsel for the DJB said the Wazirabad water plant was supposed to get 450 cusecs of water daily, but nowadays it is receiving only 330 cusecs per day. The Delhi High Court had recently told the Haryana government that it has to stick to its 2014 direction specifying the amount of water to be released to Delhi every day.
