"Why should we pass only Delhi centric orders", the Supreme Court said Thursday while hearing the Delhi government's plea seeking direction to Haryana for releasing the Yamuna water to the national capital.
The concept of water conservation must be followed instead of demanding it from the neighbouring state, said a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, Deepak Gupta and Hemant Gupta.
When Delhi government's counsel said people were facing severe water shortage here due to "political loggerhead" between Delhi and Haryana, the bench said, "otherwise, the people of Haryana will suffer".
The counsel said that as of today, Delhi was asking less water from Haryana as the earlier demand was above 1,600 cusecs but now it is around 1,390 cusecs.
When the lawyer referred to population growth in Delhi, the bench said, "The answer to this is water conservation and not water generation".
Justice Hemant Gupta observed: "I have seen that in Delhi, water is being showered on plants to clean them. Is it not water wastage."