According to a new IIT Gandhinagar study, about 450 cubic kilometres of groundwater has been lost in northern India during 2002-2021. It's about 37 times the quantity of water the Indira Sagar dam -- India's largest reservoir -- can hold at full capacity

Delhi Water Minister Atishi, a key figure in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has recently been discharged from Lok Nayak Hospital after a two-day stay, marking the culmination of her indefinite hunger strike.

"Water Minister Atishi's health deteriorates. Her blood sugar level dropped to 43 at midnight and to 36 at 3 AM, after which LNJP Hospital doctors advised immediate hospitalisation." the party said.

Atishi, Delhi's Water Minister, has entered the third day of her hunger strike, pressing for Delhi's rightful water supply from Haryana.

In a video message from her 'Jal Satyagrah' venue at Bhogal in south Delhi, Atishi said she will not eat anything till Haryana releases more water for the people in the city, 28 lakh of whom she said were water shortage.  

Amid the escalating row between Delhi and Haryana over the water crisis in the national capital, Delhi Water Minister Atishi announced on Friday that she will begin an indefinite fast until the city receives its "rightful share" of water from Haryana.

Amid the ongoing water crisis in Delhi, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj has targeted the Kejriwal government, accusing it of deliberately causing the crisis to encourage corruption and benefit the illegal tanker mafia. She claimed that the crisis is not natural but orchestrated by the AAP government.

Amid an escalating political battle over the water crisis in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Minister Atishi announced on Wednesday that she will resort to a 'Satyagraha' if the city does not receive its rightful share of water by June 21. The water shortage has become a critical issue in the national capital, impacting millions of residents.

Delhi Water Minister Atishi has urged the Haryana government to release water into the Yamuna river. On Monday, Atishi visited the Wazirabad barrage and made an appeal for water to be sent to Delhi.

BJP MP Yogender Chandoliya has strongly criticised Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, attributing the ongoing water crisis in the national capital to the mismanagement by Kejriwal's government.

Delhi Water Minister Atishi has written to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, urging the deployment of police personnel to protect major water pipelines in the national capital. In her letter, Atishi emphasised the urgent need for security measures to prevent any tampering or sabotage that could exacerbate the current water crisis.

Delhi is experiencing a decrease in water production to 932 MGD due to insufficient inflow from Haryana.