Upping its ante the Samajwadi Party Government has threatened to stop supply of drinking water to Delhi if it does not stop releasing polluted water in Yamuna.''We will stop drinking water of Ganga to Delhi if they continue to release polluted water in Yamuna,'' said Irrigation minister Shivpal Singh Yadav here on Sunday.
''At least 16 nullahs of Delhi are releasing polluted water in Yamuna river directly with the result Mathura and Agra are not getting clean drinking water. Even the fish are dying because of pollution. The Yamuna water in Agra and Mathura has turned poisonous,'' he said.
He said that UP government had sent a notice to the Delhi government and if it does not sendany convincing reply 400 cuisic water supplied to Delhi from Upper Ganga canal would be stopped.'if Delhi Government wants water from UP it will have to stop diverting polluted water in Yamuna otherwise," the UP minister said.
About UP he said that notices have been sent to all the industrial units in Moradabad, Ghaziabad, Noida and other areas of the NCR to install water treatment plant in their units,'' he said. The Minister said that UP government has demanded Rs 30,000 crore for cleaning of Ganga, Yamuna and Gomti rivers in the state. ''We have sent a proposal and if Centre gives us the fund these rivers would be fully pollution free,'' he said.