BJP protests govt's failure to solve water crisis

Protesting the government failure in solving the water crisis in trans-Yamuna areas, the Delhi BJP today said the government's priorities were IPL matches and Commonwealth Games even as the people of Delhi were ''crying for water''.

Holding a protest demonstration at Bhajanpura Chowk in east Delhi, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders strongly criticised the Congress government for its failure to give priority to the availability of water and its proper distribution.

''The priorities of the government are IPL matches and the CWG whereas the people of Delhi are crying for water,'' Delhi BJP president O P Kohli said.

Besides Prof Kohli, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly V K Malhotra, National General Secretary Vijay Goel, Party Legislators Sahab Singh Chauhan and Naresh Gaur and former Chairman of the Standing Committee Vijendra Gupta also participated in the demonstration. Saying that there is a grave scarcity of water in trans- Yamuna areas, Mr Kohli flayed Congress MLA Narendra Nath for misbehaving with the people .

''In place of giving assurance for solving the problem, they misbehave with the aggrieved people,'' Prof Kohli said. All the speakers at the demonstration termed the diversion of water from Ghonda area to Mustafabad as a step based on politics. They said the people of Ghonda and Babarpur are already suffering due to the scarcity of water. If the water of these areas is diverted to other areas, then the people of these areas would crave for a single drop of water.