Water Supply To Be Affected In These Areas Of Delhi After High Ammonia Levels In Yamuna — Check Here

Currently the ammonia level at the Wazirabad pond is 8 parts per million (ppm) while as per the Bureau of Indian Standards, the acceptable maximum limit of ammonia in drinking water is 0.5 ppm.

High levels of ammonia has been found in Yamuna in Delhi. (Representational Image)

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New Delhi: Water supply will be affected in several areas of the national capital after production at the Wazirabad and the Chandrawal water treatment plants were slashed upto 50 per cent due to high levels of ammonia in Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board said on Monday, reported PTI. 

As per the report, currently the ammonia level at the Wazirabad pond is 8 parts per million (ppm) while as per the Bureau of Indian Standards, the acceptable maximum limit of ammonia in drinking water is 0.5 ppm.

At present, the Delhi Jal Board has the capacity to treat 0.9 ppm.

"Due to high levels of pollutants (ammonia more than 8 ppm) being received in the Yamuna at Wazirabad pond, water production has been curtailed by 25 per cent to 50 per cent from WTPs of Wazirabad and Chandrawal. Therefore, water supply will be available at low pressure from Monday evening till the situation improves," the DJB said in a statement.

Following high level of ammonia, water supply will be hit in this areas: Civil lines, Hindu Rao Hospital and adjoining areas, Kamla Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Karol Bagh, Pahar Ganj and NDMC areas, Old and New Rajinder Nagar, Patel Nagar, Baljeet Nagar, Prem Nagar, Inderpuri, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Tughlakabad, Sangam Vihar and Ambedkar Nagar.

The areas of Prahladpur, Ramleela Ground, Delhi Gate, Subhash Park, Model Town, Gulabi Bagh, Punjabi Bagh, Jahangirpuri, Moolchand, South Extension, Greater Kailash, Burari and adjoining areas, parts of Cantonment areas and South Delhi will also be affected.

The Delhi Jal Board can be contacted at 1916/23527679/23634469 for water tankers.

The development comes just a week after the DJB had issued a similar notice when the ammonia levels had reached around 5 ppm in Yamuna. 

As per the data by Delhi Jal Board, the ammonia levels at Wazirabad have remained above 1 ppm from December 11 onwards.