Delhi Min rejects mass migration charge due to water crisis

Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra today rejected the charges of "mass migration" due to water crisis in Ghumanhera village of Matila area in south west Delhi and claimed the "false reports" were the handiwork of local BJP leader.
Mishra visited the village along with local AAP MLA Gulab Singh Yadav after reports emerged that people were migrating from the area due to water scarcity.
"The residents told me that not even a single villager had migrated from the village. A local BJP leader was involved in false reports of mass migration due to water shortage," the minister claimed.
"It is unfortunate that BJP indulges in such acts of misinformation and negative politics," he said.

The AAP leader said the only houses that were locked in the area were of residents who had constructed new houses 15 years ago and moved there.
The images of such houses were used to show "migration" in the village, he said.
Mishra, who also chairs the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), said the agency covered 217 unauthorised colonies last year, and will cover 300 new colonies in the city this year.
He will inaugurate water pipeline laying work and release water in 41 new colonies under 10 constituencies in the coming fortnight, a government official said.