DNA Micro edit: Whose job is it to fix the water shortage problem?

While water crisis in the national capital looms even larger this summer, all that people can expect from the city and the Central governments is a series of blame game, this time with neighbour Haryana.

Every year the city witnesses days of water shortage around this time, however, nothing much has been done by any of the past and existing governments to fix the issue.

With zero planning to tackle the crisis year after year shows that the issue is not even the government's priority. There is no clear answer to whose responsibility is it really to fix this, except of course for blaming the other state.

The city receives its water from Haryana, which of late has cut short the supply up to 30 per cent.

On Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia blamed the Haryana government for the crisis being faced in the capital. Also, he sought help from the Centre to resolve the issue.

With years of water crisis at the peak of summer, the government has not come up with a single plan to deal with the situation or plan ahead of it.

Somehow, the issue which assumes supreme importance inviting all sorts of political implications during the time of shortage, is forgotten too easily soon after the major crisis period is over.

It is surprising that in the national capital, shortage of water is just a seasonal issue. Even as people suffer, the lack of political will in addressing the perennial problem reveals a major failure on part of the elected governments.