Delhi Confidential: In a flow

In a series of tweets, former Union water resource minister Uma Bharti alleged that a power project in Srinagar was violating the rule of environmental flow, which was notified by the Centre in 2018.

Bharti also tweeted a video showing a dry stretch of the river and tagged Shekhawat along with the Prime Minister and Uttarakhand Chief Minister, asking them to take strictest action against the violator.

WHILE JAL Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that the Centre is committed to the uninterrupted flow of Ganga, his party colleague and former Union water resource minister Uma Bharti on Friday highlighted issues that she claimed were affecting the environmental flow of the river. In a series of tweets, Bharti alleged that a power project in Srinagar was violating the rule of environmental flow, which was notified by the Centre in 2018. She also tweeted a video showing a dry stretch of the river and tagged Shekhawat along with the Prime Minister and Uttarakhand Chief Minister, asking them to take strictest action against the violator.

Picture imperfect

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