Delhi flood news: BJP lambasts Kejriwal for taking credit of ITO barrage amid Hathnikund blame game
Arvind Kejriwal thanked the Indian Army's Engineer regiment for opening the ITO barrage after working for 20 hours without any break. Soon after Delhi CM tweeted praising Army's work, BJP's Amit Malviya criticised Kejriwal for only tweeting to take credit instead of doing any work.
Despite river Yamuna level continued to reduce gradually after Friday, Delhi's ITO remained under water on Saturday morning. After the BJP-led Haryana government diverted all water from the Hathnikund barrage towards Delhi instead of Uttar Pradesh, the AAP was quick to call out the move and shared a video criticising the Haryana government on social media. In retaliation, the Haryana government called the claim to be misleading. The government cited the CWC guideline which states that if the water is more than 1 lakh cuses, then it can't be streamed into Western Yamuna and Eastern Yamuna Canal (the other routes apart from Delhi), reported HT.
After providing the information, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's advisor retired IAS Devendra Singh said that the accusations are nothing but an unnecessary controversy. He also said tha the water is diverted from Hathnikund towards UP only for irrigation purpose and not for the prevention of flood.
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