Water tankers might be out there on demand from the Jal Board’s helpline.
New Delhi:
The Delhi Jal Board on Sunday introduced water scarcity until November 1 in a number of elements of the nationwide capital resulting from excessive ammonia content material within the Yamuna river.
A number of elements of east, northeast and south Delhi and areas underneath the New Delhi Municipal Council might be affected, it mentioned.
“The uncooked water supply of Delhi’s 110 MGD (million gallons per day) Bhagirathi Water Therapy Plant (WTP) and 140 MGD Sonia Vihar WTP is the Higher Ganga Canal, Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Attributable to scheduled annual upkeep throughout the Higher Ganga Canal by the Uttar Pradesh irrigation division from October 12 to 31, the canal was closed from Haridwar on October 12 midnight,” the Jal Board mentioned.
“Throughout this closure interval, the Uttar Pradesh irrigation division and the UP Jal Nigam perform restore and upkeep. Subsequently, Ganga water provide to those WTPs has been stopped,” it added.
The WTPs are actually depending on the Yamuna in its place supply of uncooked water until October 31. However resulting from excessive ammonia content material — above 1.5 ppm (elements per million) — within the uncooked water, it’s tough to deal with the Yamuna’s uncooked water, the Delhi Jal Board mentioned.
“Due to this fact, manufacturing at Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar has been curtailed as much as 30 per cent. Additional, the manufacturing would rely completely upon the standard of uncooked water on the Yamuna and manufacturing from these crops shall range accordingly,” it added.
The Jal Board has suggested Delhi residents to retailer satisfactory portions of water upfront, primarily based on their necessities, and use water judiciously.
Water tankers might be out there on demand from the Jal Board’s helpline or the central management room, it added.
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