Yamuna poisoning remark made in public interest: Kejriwal replies to EC

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal responded to the Election Commission with data about pollution of the river that flows through the heart of Delhi. In his reply, submitted to ECI on Wednesday, Kejriwal cited a letter from the Delhi Jal Board that maintains that ammonia levels in the river has reached such levels that the water purification plants cannot perform at full capacity. "The verifiable fact remains that Delhi, as a lower riparian state, depends on raw water supply from Haryana, an upper riparian state, for potable water," the letter read.The AAP chief said that the remarks were made "in the contest of an urgent and alarming public health crisis concerning the deteriorating quality of drinking water in Delhi".Kejriwal said that there was no violation of any law or any code and his statements on Yamuna water were made to highlight severe toxicity and contamination of raw water received from Haryana.
Kejriwal pointed out that Delhi depends on raw water supplies from Haryana. He said the statements made about the poor water quality was done to "highlight the severe toxicity and contamination of raw water received from Haryana." He said that the raw water received from Haryana is highly contaminated and poisonous and the "contamination are so extreme that the Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) in Delhi are unable to process it to bring it within safe limits". "Such toxic water if is allowed to be consumed by human population the same would lead to grave health hazard and fatality," the AAP chief said.
Menwhile, the Haryana government has decided to lodge an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal over his claim of Yamuna river water being “poisoned”. Haryana's revenue and disaster management minister Vipul Goel told ANI,  an FIR has been sent to be registered under Sections 2 (d) and 54 of the Disaster Management Act for spreading misinformation and creating panic among the people of Delhi and Haryana.