To provide safe drinking water to people of Mewat, Palwal and Faridabad districts, Haryana has sent a proposal of Rs1,059-crore Mewat Feeder Canal scheme to the Centre. At present, the water which is being supplied to Mewat, Palwal and Faridabad through Okhla canal is polluted, the BOD level of which is 700 to 800 which should be 100 for fields, 30 for animals and zero for human water consumption, Agriculture Minister O.P. Dhankar said.
On the issue of water sharing with Delhi, he said that Delhi is being given its due share of water and the supply has neither been increased nor decreased. 719 cusecs water which is due share of Delhi is being supplied through pucca canal. Asked about SYl canal water, Dhankar said that the State desires two million acres foot water now. The decision of Presidential Reference should come sooner so that the Centre could resolve the issue.