Haryana Government tells Supreme Court it won't disrupt supply of water to Delhi

New Delhi, May 11 The Haryana Government on Friday tells Supreme Court that it won't disrupt or stop supply of Yamuna water to New Delhi till the court decides the case.

Next date of hearing in this issue is on May 16.

The Haryana Government on May 1 educated the apex court that water in the Yamuna River is around 3/4th as compared to last year, because of which, the water supply in Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh is relied upon to be affected.

Haryana has however agreed to release the required 150 cusecs of water to Delhi till May 15.

The best court on April 23 directed the Chief Secretaries of Delhi and Haryana to hold a meeting with the Secretary of Water Resources Ministry of Center so as to deal with the question of sharing Yamuna's water.

The move came after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said it was not getting enough water to supply to the national capital.

The top court was hearing a plea filed by the Delhi Jal Board, alleging that Haryana had diminished by one-third the supply of Yamuna water, leading to a grave water emergency.

The Delhi government earlier looked for the apex court's bearing to ask for the Haryana government to give more water to Delhi.

According to reports, the top court had accused Haryana government of not releasing 450 cusecs of Yamuna water every day to Delhi for drinking as per a 1996 order.