"The Prime Minister's Office has asked both the Chief Minister's to resolve the issue amicably through talks," a top Delhi government official said.
As water crisis deepened in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday seeking his intervention in making Haryana release adequate quantity of water to Delhi.
Following the PMO directive, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the issue, the official said.
Areas across Delhi have been grappling with acute shortage of water for last four days as production of water at treatment plants in the city has come down sharply due to shortage of raw water.
Agitated over Haryana cutting supply of water to Delhi, the city government had accused the neighbouring state of playing "foul" with it and was even contemplating going to courts. Haryana government has, however, rejected the allegations.
The war of words between the two neighbouring states intensified today with Haryana claiming that it is releasing double the Delhi's legitimate share of water to them.
Haryana also accused the neighbouring state of snapping the water supply of a residential premises in the national capital, where some families of Haryana Irrigation Department are residing.
On the other hand, a statement from Dikshit's office said, Haryana's Irrigation Secretary K K Jalan yesterday visited Wazirabad and Haiderpur water treatment plants in the city without informing the Delhi Jal Board.
It said the official came to know about the ground realities after visiting the plants and the Wazirabad pond from where the plants draw raw water. MORE
