Delhi water crisis: The water minister was brought to Lok Nayak Hospital (LNJP) after her blood sugar level dropped to 43 units (mg/dL) at midnight and 36 units at 3am, according to the party.
Delhi water crisis: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) reported that Delhi’s water minister Atishi, who is fasting indefinitely due to a water crisis in the nation’s capital, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday when her condition worsened.
The water minister was brought to Lok Nayak Hospital (LNJP) after her blood sugar level dropped to 43 units (mg/dL) at midnight and 36 units at 3am, according to the party.
“Her blood sugar level fell to 36 at 3 a.m. and 43 at midnight, and the doctors at LNJP Hospital recommended that she be admitted right away. She has been on an indefinite hunger strike for the past five days, asking that the Haryana government give Delhi’s fair share of water. She was admitted to LNJP’s emergency intensive care unit. We hope she heals quickly,” the AAP wrote on X (previously Twitter).
Around 3:40 a.m., according to Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi was brought to the LNJP hospital.
The water minister is currently on day five of his indefinite fast. Both her blood pressure and sugar levels were steadily dropping. Now in the intensive care unit (ICU), she was hospitalized as an emergency. Given that a water minister is compelled to embark on a hunger strike, we want the federal government to provide Delhi with its due share of water. Reena Gupta, an AAP spokesman, stated that she is currently resting.
In order to meet Delhi’s requests for water supply, Atishi has been on an indefinite hunger strike since Friday, asking that the Haryana government release water from the Hathinikund barrage.
According to its water sharing agreements, the Delhi administration claims that Haryana should provide 613 MGD of raw water to the national capital, but only 513 MGD of raw water is being given to Delhi.
Over the past month, Delhi has experienced varied degrees of water shortages. The first period began at the end of May, but the supply resumed to more than 1,000MGD in the early part of June.
On June 8, though, it began to decline once more, ranging from 900 to 950MGD. It continued to decline, reaching its lowest point of the season on June 21, when the supply dropped to 888MGD. Over the past three days, there has been a slight improvement in the water supply. The Monday news said that the water supply level was 913 MGD.
Delhi’s economic assessment estimates that the city’s peak water supply objective is 1,000 MGD, whereas its predicted water demand is 1,290 MGD.
Due to the hot conditions over the past few weeks, Delhi has experienced a scarcity in water supplies, primarily related to a lack of raw water.
Eighty-six percent of Delhi’s raw water requirements are supplied by its neighboring states.
While Delhi could enhance its water management, Haryana has insisted that sufficient water is being supplied in accordance with the water sharing agreements.