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The Supreme Court on Thursday took note of the urgency with respect to water shortage in Delhi and directed the Himachal Pradesh government to release 137 cusecs of water to meet drinking water demands of the national capital amid the heatwave that has gripped the states in the north Indian plains [Government of NCT of Delhi v. State of Haryana and ors]