Water Supply To Be Hit In Parts Of Delhi Today. Check Which Areas Will Be Affected

Delhi Water Crisis: Delhi Jal Board said that water supply will be affected from Thursday morning till the pond level improves to normal.

Locals collect drinking water from a tanker, amid a water crisis in New Delhi

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New Delhi: Delhi will be experiencing interruptions in water supply starting Thursday due to the depletion of water level at the Wazirabad pond following a reduction in the release of raw water by Haryana in the Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. 

Operations have been affected at Wazirabad, Chandrawal, and Okhla water treatment plants. Water supply will be affected from Thursday morning till the pond level improves to normal, it said.

Various areas of the city will be affected including civil lines, Hindu Rao Hospital and adjoining areas, Kamla Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Karol Bagh, Paharganj, NDMC areas, Rajinder Nagar, Patel Nagar, Baljeet Nagar, Prem Nagar, Inderpuri, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Tughlakabad, Sangam Vihar, Ambedkar Nagar.

Prahladpur, Ramleela Ground, Delhi gate, Subhash Park, Model Town, Gulabi Bagh, Punjabi Bagh, Jahangirpuri, Moolchand, South Extension, Greater kailash, Burari, parts of Cantonment areas and south Delhi will also face a water shortage, it said.

The Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant has a capacity of 90 MGD, while Wazirabad and Okhla WTPs have a capacity of 135 MGD and 20 MGD, respectively, the report stated. 

The plants supply drinking water to northeast Delhi, west Delhi, north Delhi, central Delhi, south Delhi, including Delhi Cantonment, and New Delhi Municipal Council areas.

Haryana supplies a total of 610 million gallons of water a day to Delhi through two canals — CLC (368 MGD) and DSB (177) — and the Yamuna (65 MGD).

CLC and the DSB are supplied water from Hathni Kund via Munak canal and Bhakra Beas Management Board. Besides, Delhi receives 253 MGD from Uttar Pradesh through the Upper Ganga Canal, and 90 MGD is drawn from ranney wells and tube wells installed across the city.