Haryana cuts supply, S Delhi hit

NIDHI SHARMA / TNN / Feb 3, 2006, 01:04 IST

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It's not summer yet and the residents of south and southwest Delhi are already feeling the pinch of a water crisis.

NEW DELHI: It's not summer yet and the residents of south and southwest Delhi are already feeling the pinch of a water crisis.
For the past two days, their taps have been running near-dry as there has been a cut in the amount of raw water that's supplied to Delhi from Haryana. The situation will continue for the next two days.
Haryana has reduced water released in Yamuna over the last two days.This has meant a sharp fall in raw water supplied to 100-MGD Bhagirathi water treatment plant.
The plant is treating 25-30% less water than its commissioned capacity causing the crisis. On Thursday, Haryana released about 50 cusecs less water.

...The worst hit areas are South Extension, Chirag Delhi, Bharti Nagar, Rabindra Nagar, Subramania Bharti Marg, Kaka Nagar, Jor Bagh, Lodhi Colony, Aliganj, B K Dutt Colony, Amrita Shergil Marg, Pandara Road, Madangir, Dakshinpuri and Khan Market.
DJB CEO Arun Mathur said: "Bhagirathi water treatment plant is not functioning at its optimum capacity.
It is functioning only at 80% of its capacity and south Delhi colonies, which are further down the supply chain, are feeling the pinch. The situation is likely to improve within two days."

Haryana, however, has reportedly not offered convincing excuses for this cut. This time, it has attributed the sudden cut to less winter rains. Mathur said: "We have spoken to Haryana and they have assured that the supply will be normalised."
...Meanwhile, fearing a crisis Delhi Assembly Speaker and Congress MLA from Ambedkar Nagar Chaudhary Prem Singh has written a letter to chief minister Sheila Dikshit on this issue.
The raw water at Bhagirathi plant is drawn from Upper Ganga Canal, which originates from Har-Ki-Pouri at Haridwar.
After travelling almost 160 km from Haridwar upto Muradnagar, the water from Upper Ganga Canal is drawn into a bypass to Muradnagar Head works and from there to Bhagirathi.
A part of the raw water at Bhagirathi plant is also drawn from river Yamuna at Wazirabad.

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