Sinkhole repair work beneath IIT flyover to affect water supply in parts of Delhi
India | August 01, 2021 6:58 ISTOn Saturday, a massive sinkhole was spotted near Hauz Khas. Thereafter, the area was blocked and barricaded by the traffic department.
On Saturday, a massive sinkhole was spotted near Hauz Khas. Thereafter, the area was blocked and barricaded by the traffic department.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said a "world class drainage system" will be developed across the national capital.
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) will move the Supreme Court seeking directions to Haryana to release the national capital's legitimate share of water. According to DJB vice chairman Raghav Chadha, the city government has been supplying 945 MGD of water to city residents against the demand of 1,150 MGD. At present, Delhi has been receiving 479 MGD against 609 MGD from Haryana. Besides, Delhi draws 90 MGD groundwater and receives 250 MGD from the Upper Ganga Canal.
Delhi Jal Board has decided to move Hon'ble Supreme Court against Haryana Govt seeking due supply of Delhi's legitimate share as already determined by the Hon'ble SC in 1995 says Raghav Chadha
Delhi Jal Board vice chairman Raghav Chadha on Sunday claimed that Haryana has been withholding Delhi's legitimate share of water.
Speaking during a press conference here, Gupta alleged that tanker mafia was "ruling the roost" under the Arvind Kejriwal government.
Water production at the plant has been reduced due to "high growth of algae" in the Yamuna river, it said in a statement.
Residents living in various parts of the national capital will face water shortage today morning due to a repair work in Pitampura area.
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairperson Raghav Chadha on Thursday convened a virtual meeting with senior officials to review the water production and supply across the national capital
Water supply will remain affected in parts of Delhi on Wednesday (May 12) due to very high turbidity in raw water from Upper Ganga Canal, the Delhi Jal Board said.
Drinking water supply will remain affected in parts of Delhi from May 6 to May 8 due to an alarming dip in raw water supply through the Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board said.
Water supply across the national capital was affected from Sunday evening in wake of curtailment of operations at two treatment plants, a Delhi Jal Board statement said.
On Wednesday, high ammonia concentration in the Yamuna and less water in the river had affected the "production" capacity at Chandrawal and Wazirabad water treatment plants -- which supply around 228 MGD drinking water to people in Delhi.
The supply was hit in many localities of east and north-east Delhi over the weekend due to the repair undertaken by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
Following a break in a glacier in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, flash floods in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers caused massive destruction of lives and property, last week.
People living in several parts of South Delhi will not get water supply from Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Friday evening and then again on Saturday morning, an official statement by Delhi JAl Board stated.
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Raghav Chadha on Tuesday said the DJB has issued notices to several central government departments, including Railways and Delhi Police, and municipal corporations asking them to clear dues amounting to Rs 6,811 crore within 30 days.
Adhering to the government's guidelines to contain the spread of the deadly virus, the second floor of the Varunalaya Complex, the headquarters of the DJB, will "remain close from the second half of Thursday to Saturday.
This comes days after a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) report stated that drinking water in the city failed quality test.
High ammonia levels due to industrial waste being dumped into the Yamuna at Panipat has forced Chandrawal and Wazirabad Water Treatment Plants to stop operations.
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