DJB office vandalised; 3 injured in clash over access to tap water

Amid escalating protests over the severe water crisis in the national Capital, Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused BJP leaders and workers of vandalising an office of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

• SEVERE WATER CRISIS IN NATIONAL CAPITAL

Bharadwaj shared a video showing individuals, allegedly BJP workers, breaking windows and hurling stones and earthen pots at the DJB office in Chhatarpur.

“See BJP leaders wearing party sashes and its workers raising slogans of BJP Zindabad vandalising government property at the Delhi Jal Board office. Who is getting pipelines broken at various places? Whose conspiracy is it?” he posted on X in Hindi.

Earlier in the day, BJP leaders had led protests against the AAP government across Delhi, blaming it for the ongoing water shortage. AAP has accused the BJP-ruled Haryana of not releasing Delhi’s share of water, exacerbating the crisis. The Congress has also protested against the acute water shortage.

BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri defended the actions of the protesters, stating, “It is natural. The people can do anything when they are angry. I am grateful to BJP workers who controlled those people. It is the government’s and people’s property. There is no benefit in damaging this property.”