Sunday was a better day for Delhites, as water supply improved marginally to 906 million gallons a day (mgd), from a seasonal low of 888mgd on Friday and 896mgd on Saturday, as water minister Atishi’s indefinite hunger strike entered its third day given that the Capital was still grappling with a shortfall of around 94mgd on the day.

On Sunday, a delegation of senior AAP MPs and MLAs also met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena seeking his intervention in getting raw water from Haryana for a one-week period, till the arrival of monsoon.

Delhi urban development minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said that the delegation had a positive discussion. “We told LG that there is a shortage of raw water coming from Haryana due to which millions of people in Delhi are facing problems. Rain has started in Shimla and Himachal. So much water will come in the next week that Haryana will not be able to stop it even if it wants to. Now it is just a matter of a week. We have requested LG to talk to the Haryana government. LG has assured that he will talk to the Haryana government,” he said.

The LG secretariat, in a statement, said the meeting took place around 12.15pm.

The statement added that the LG observed that share of Yamuna water fixed by the Upper Yamuna River Board had been upheld time and again by the Supreme Court, most recently a week ago.The LG also said that Delhi should reduce leakages, theft and augment its own water storage capacity.

The delegation comprised 10 AAP members, including Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta, general secretary Pankaj Gupta, minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, and MLAs Dilip Pandey, Somnath Bharti, Rajesh Gupta, Rituraj Jha and others. AAP, in a statement, said that Delhi is receiving 113mgd less than its allotment.