NEW DELHI: After a brief Supreme Court-mediated period of respite, the capital is more likely to face water scarcity once more from Tuesday as the level in the Wazirabad pond have dropped several ft below the traditional stage.
The affected areas will include Moolchand, South Extension, Greater Kailash, Lodhi Road and Nizamuddin in the south; Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh and Moti Nagar in the west; Mukherjee Nagar, Model Town, Civil Lines, GTB Nagar and Ashok Vihar in the north and Daryaganj, Walled City, Chadni Chowk and Jama Masjid in central Delhi. Delhi Cantt and areas around ITO, India Gate and Connaught Place should additionally brace for scarcity, a DJB official said.
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has reported that the present stage at the Wazirabad pond stands at 671.9ft in opposition to the traditional 674.5ft. “Due to the reduction of glide of raw water, the production of water treatment plants at Haiderpur, Dwarka, Nangloi, Bawana, Wazirabad, Okhla and Chadrawal have been affected,” a senior official said.
DJB will now rationalise the supply by means of diverting water from much less impacted water treatment plants (WTPs) to extra severely impacted Wazirbad and Chandrawal WTPs and water shall be to be had at low power for coming days.
After a protracted crisis in the first three months this yr, DJB had approached both NGT and the Supreme Court to power Haryana to free up water. Haryana had assured Delhi that the supply would be maintained till May 15.
The affected areas will include Moolchand, South Extension, Greater Kailash, Lodhi Road and Nizamuddin in the south; Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh and Moti Nagar in the west; Mukherjee Nagar, Model Town, Civil Lines, GTB Nagar and Ashok Vihar in the north and Daryaganj, Walled City, Chadni Chowk and Jama Masjid in central Delhi. Delhi Cantt and areas around ITO, India Gate and Connaught Place should additionally brace for scarcity, a DJB official said.
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has reported that the present stage at the Wazirabad pond stands at 671.9ft in opposition to the traditional 674.5ft. “Due to the reduction of glide of raw water, the production of water treatment plants at Haiderpur, Dwarka, Nangloi, Bawana, Wazirabad, Okhla and Chadrawal have been affected,” a senior official said.
DJB will now rationalise the supply by means of diverting water from much less impacted water treatment plants (WTPs) to extra severely impacted Wazirbad and Chandrawal WTPs and water shall be to be had at low power for coming days.
After a protracted crisis in the first three months this yr, DJB had approached both NGT and the Supreme Court to power Haryana to free up water. Haryana had assured Delhi that the supply would be maintained till May 15.
Delhi stares at fresh water crisis
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