NEW DELHI: Water supply continued to be affected across the city on Monday due to shortage in production.
Though Delhi government had earlier claimed record breaking water production of 956 million gallons per day (MGD), the current supply has reduced to 944 MGD, according to Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials.
An alert has been issued about water shortage in 28 assembly constituencies, including Greater Kailash, Punjabi Bagh, Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Civil Lines and parts of Delhi Cantonment, where people have been asked to store water. “Water supply will be affected from the morning of May 17 till the pond level improves to normal. Residents are advised to store sufficient quantities of water,” mentioned the DJB alert. This was the third alert issued in the last three days.
According to DJB officials, the situation will remain so till the water level at Wazirabad pond returns to its normal level. It is currently critically low because of low raw water supply from Haryana. The water level of Yamuna at Wazirabad treatment plant has depleted to 669.4 feet against the normal level of 674.5 feet, which has affected the treatment plants at Chandrawal and Okhla.
“Water supply has been poor in our area for the past one week. We are getting only an hour of water supply in the morning and none in the evening,” said JR Gupta, a resident of Safdarjung Enclave B-2 Block and a member of Safdarjung Enclave Residents’ Association.
With the scorching heat and temperature breaking records, complaints of water problems have been rising. “Water supply is very uncertain. People in our locality are mostly dependent on tankers. But they are very difficult to get these days. Also, no one is responding on the helpline numbers,” said Vinayak Malik, general secretary of Sukhdev Vihar RWA.
A water deficient state, Delhi already faces a shortfall of more than 380 MGD. Delhi government’s economic survey 2021-22 said the total requirement of water was around 1,380 MGD. Earlier, DJB had written to Haryana’s irrigation department to supply an additional 150 cusecs of raw water.
