Water situation better; piped supply by tomorrow in most

The water situation in the city showed signs of improvement today as 120 MGD of water was received from Haryana and treatment plants commenced operations following the Jat quota agitation which had hit the supply mechanism.
Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra, who visited Munak canal, which was damaged during the Jat stir in the neighbouring state, said most areas will get piped water supply by tomorrow morning.
He said 120 MGD of water was received from Haryana as against the normal supply of 580 MGD of raw water.
"Tomorrow morning, most areas will get piped supply. We received 120 MGD water from Haryana today. Supply will be limited until the canal is repaired.

"The government hopes the situation improves," he said in a series of tweets.
According to Delhi Jal Board (DJB), three water treatment plants at Wazirabad, Chandrawal and Okhla are operating partially after a drop in the ammonia level in the Wazirabad pond.

"The partial commissioning of the three plants has helped water availability in north Delhi, central Delhi, NDMC area, parts of south Delhi and some pockets of west Delhi.
"However, the plants are not able to function to their full capacity yet since there has been a drop in the water level at the Wazirabad Pond," said a senior official.

In west Delhi, water availability was much lower than the requirement because of the damage to the Carrier Lined Channel.
Water has started to flow into the Delhi Sub-Branch and it is expected that by the late tonight, the canal will bring in 80 MGD of water as against a normal supply of 580 MGD.
Mishra said the Bawana, Nangloi and Haiderpur plants are partially operational and morning supply will be restored in areas like Rohini and Paschim Vihar in west Delhi.