Cautioning that Delhi could face the fate of Cape Town, where taps are drying up, in the next 15 years, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday while proposing to set up Yamuna River Authority to take necessary steps to avoid water crisis in the capital.
“There could be a situation and I am not exaggerating, that we could be in the next 15 years and so, completely bereft of water. We may face Cape Town-like situation. We will try and set up Yamuna River Authority which will combine work of different departments,” Kumar said at an event chaired by river development minister Nitin Gadkari.
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