This comes after Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Verma on Saturday said the Yamuna’ water quality ahead of Chhath was better than last year
The DPCC has deemed the Yamuna’s waters as “unfit for even bathing”. FILE PIC/GETTY IMAGES
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday escalated its attack on the BJP government over the Yamuna’s pollution levels ahead of Chhath puja, with the party’s Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj challenging Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to drink water from the river to prove her claims that it had been cleaned.
This comes after Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Verma on Saturday said the Yamuna’ water quality ahead of Chhath was better than last year. “The faecal coliform bacteria concentration in the Yamuna has come down to 7,900 units per 100 ml at Nizamuddin this year, from 11 lakh units per 100 ml last year”, Verma said.
Saurabh Bharadwaj
Bharadwaj however fired back, “Yamuna Ji’s water contains sewage, and this has been confirmed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report under the BJP government. Millions of people from the Purvanchal community will be victims of the lies and deceit of BJP leaders and CM Rekha Gupta.”
In a post on X, Bharadwaj cited a Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report dated October 23, claiming the Yamuna’s water was “not even suitable for bathing” and contained “human waste in alarming quantities”. Later in the day, several AAP leaders reached the chief minister’s residence with bottles of Yamuna water, reiterating their challenge for Gupta to drink it. “CM Madam, drink the so-called clean water of Yamuna,” the party said in a post on X.
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