Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena will have a meeting with Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Monday at 11:00 am after the senior AAP leader sought time from him for an emergency meeting over the "inadequate" amount of water being released by Haryana through the Munak Canal, one of the primary sources of potable water for the national capital.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Atishi said Delhi is supposed to receive 1,050 cusecs of water from the canal but it has reduced to only 840 cusecs and stated that she has sought time from the LG. Upon her request, the LG will hold a meeting with her on Monday and in a tweet said, “LG will meet Atishi at 11:00 AM on Monday. In the interim he has asked officials to ascertain the actual position of Water released by Himachal & Haryana, measures to check wastage & leakage of water in Delhi & the status of desilting of Wazirabad reservoir, as directed by Supreme Court. He has further directed the officers concerned to take up the matter with Upper Yamuna River Board to ascertain the facts wrt release of water to Delhi.”

Earlier in the day, she also wrote a letter to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, requesting him to ensure 1,050 cusecs water is released from the Munak Canal for the national capital, otherwise "Delhi will have a major crisis in next one to two days". In her letter, she said seven Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) in Delhi are dependent on supply from Yamuna and "due to the deficit of raw water, our water treatment plants are unable to run at their optimum capacity."

Delhi is supposed to receive around 1,050 cusec water at Munak, but the supply has reduced, she said. "With the water from Munak Canal reducing to 840 cusecs, Delhi will be unable to produce adequate water from our seven WTPs."

"If Haryana doesn't release the adequate amount of water by today, Delhi will have a major crisis in the next 1-2 days. Therefore, I humbly request you to ensure that 1,050 cusecs water is released from Munak Canal for Delhi," she added.

According to the agreement in the the 53rd meeting of the Upper Yamuna River Board, which was convened on May 2018, around 1,050 cusecs (i.E. 568 MGD) was allocated to Delhi at Munak through career lined channel (CLC) canal and Delhi Sub Branch (DSB) Canals, she said.

"Considering the transmission loss, the allocation of 1050 Cusec at Munak corresponds to about 1,013 Cusec (i.E. 548 MGD). This is measured by Delhi at the Bawana contact point, where the water enters Delhi, where flow meters have been installed by Delhi. These flow meters have been checked by representatives of the Upper Yamuna River Board, last week itself," Atishi said.

Meanwhile, in a tweet, Atishi stated that she wants to inform Saxena about the inadequate water being released from Haryana following the Supreme Court decision directing Congress ruled Himachal Pradesh government to provide additional water to Delhi. "Have sought time from the Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for an emergency meeting, to apprise him of the inadequate water being released by Haryana from the Munak Canal,” she said.Elaborating on the water crisis situation in the national capital, Atishi said, “Delhi is supposed to receive 1050 cusecs of water from the Munak Canal via the CLC and DSB sub-canals. However, this has been reduced to 840 cusecs. Seven Water Treatment Plants are dependent on this water. If the amount of water does not increase today, then the water situation across Delhi will worsen in 1-2 days."

Amid rising temperatures, Delhi has been facing a water shortage. She further stated, "Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena is the representative of the Central Govt. Will be requesting him to intervene and resolve the situation."