A Vacation Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Prasanna B Varale observed today that while the Himachal Pradesh government maintained that it had sent water to Delhi, the water supply did not reach the appropriate channels in Delhi.
The Court added that there may be water tank mafias at work and that this is a problem that recurs every summer.
The Court also said that it had watched news channels which reported about such mafias.
The Court warned that if the Delhi government fails to act against such mafias, it will ask the Delhi Police to step in.
“Water is coming from Himachal Pradesh, then where is the water going in Delhi? There is so much spillage, tanker mafias etc.. What measures have you taken in this regard. In Delhi, tanker mafias work. Have you taken any action? If you are not taking action, then we will hand it over to Delhi police to take action against tanker mafias. We are seeing this in all channels. You are not doing anything in this regard. It is a recurring problem every summer. What have you done to prevent water wastage coming from all these sources? … Have you taken any action or FIR against any tanker mafias? Tanker mafias get water and pipelines are running dry,” Justice Mishra said.
Source: Barandbench
