New Delhi: Haryana government today told the Supreme Court that the army has taken control over all the three points from where water is supplied to Delhi and it has resumed supplying approximately 1200 cusec water to the national capital.
Taking note of the submission, a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit disposed of the PIL, filed by Delhi Jal Board, that had sought a direction for ensuring uninterrupted supply of water which was hit owing to violent Jat quota stir in Haryana.
The counsel for Haryana said that though Munak Regulator and barrages at Khubru and Mandora village in the state had been hit by the violence, but engineers and others are working to to get back to the earlier situation so that the water supply becomes normal.
The repairing of damaged Munak canal, which supplies water to Dwarka here, may take a fortnight, he said adding that efforts are on get it done as early as possible.
The bench rejected the submission of Haryana that Delhi government be asked to contribute in the repair work.
"Why should Delhi pay for it. Your people damaged them then you tell, who will pay for them?," the bench, which later asked both governments to co-operarate and resolve, said during the hearing.
The bench, while disposing of DJB's PIL, said that it was not an "adversarial" litigation and asked Haryana government to take efforts to ensure resumption of normal and usual supply of water to Delhi.
"We hope and trust that the Governments of Haryana and NCT of Delhi co-operate with each other and make a joint effort to ensure supply of water to Delhi at the earliest to avoid any inconvenience to the people living in Delhi. We are indeed happy to note that there is no adversarial element in this litigation as both the Governments appear to be willing to cooperate with each other in every respect," it said.
Earlier, the court had asked the Centre to take "steps to ensure that the proper security is provided to the three barrages at Munak, Mandora and Khubru to prevent any further mischief affecting supply of water to Delhi at the three points.
