Water supply to Delhi to get top priority: Haryana DGP

“Our first priority is to restore Delhi’s water supply, from Akbarpur Barota point (in Sonipat). Police, para forces and technical team of Haryana’s Irrigation department have reached there and we are trying to restore it immediately so that Delhi residents are not inconvenienced,” the DGP, who addressed a press conference along with Home Secretary P K Das, said. 

When asked if the present Jat stir was a law and order problem or a political problem, the DGP said, “This is an emotional issue, reservation is an emotional issue therefore many people are involved. Expectations of people from a particular community is that they should get reservation.” 

“Now, as this issue has been going on, law and order problem has also cropped up and we are committed to restore order,” he said. Singhal said the main deployment of Army was in Rohtak and Jhajjar, both worst-affected districts in the ongoing Jat stir.

Road and rail traffic through Haryana and destined to neighbouring states, including Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Chandigarh remained disrupted with authorities cancelling services on most routes in the wake of continuing blockade. 

With public transport system in Haryana severely hit by the Jat stir for quota, the Civil Aviation Ministry has asked airlines to operate additional flights from New Delhi to Chandigarh, Amritsar and Jaipur to enable stranded people reach their destinations. Domestic operators including Air India, Jet Airways and IndiGo will fly additional services from and to Delhi.