New Delhi, April 14 -- Delhi Water Minister Atishi has written to Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena asking him to immediately suspend the CEO, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), and take stringent and exemplary action against all concerned officers after a woman lost her life in a violent fight that started due to shortage of water supply in east Delhi.

She claimed that the onset of summer has barely started and many parts of Delhi are already facing water shortages, despite repeated directions to the Chief Secretary and DJB.

"For more than a year, the Chief Minister had given clear directions and a road map for improving water supply in Delhi. For the last 6 months, the undersigned gave repeated directions to the CEO of Delhi Jal Board and the Chie...