Delhi cries ‘foul’, says Haryana has denied it water for second consecutive day. Haryana dismisses claim, says it supplied promised amount.
NEW DELHI:
As the water supply situation remained more or less the same on
Thursday, the Delhi government has claimed that Haryana’s ‘foul’ act of
curtailing water for the second consecutive day will result in a
shortage of 30 million gallons per day (MGD) at the Wazirabad Treatment
Plant (WTP) .
The shortage is likely to affect supply to west, north, New Delhi and
the Walled City areas on Friday. Haryana, on the other hand, has
rubbished Delhi’s claim and said it supplied the necessary amount of
water.
The situation on Thursday — a day after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) had
cried hoarse over getting less water — was slightly better off compared
to the previous two days, except for some colonies from west Delhi.
Mahesh Tak from Dwarka sector 10 said, “We are getting water only for about 20-25 minutes, five days a week.”
But other areas were slightly better off. Saroj Rana from Shalimar
Bagh, in northwest Delhi, said, “There was water supply today but it
was less than usual.”
Echoed BS Vohra, president of East Delhi RWA Joint Front, “Several
colonies in east Delhi such as Azad Nagar, Ram Nagar witnessed
disrupted water supply today.”
“This is the second foul (play) by Haryana on waterfront after
curtailment of water for Haiderpur plant resulting in short production
of water by 15 MGD. In all, less production by 45 MGD in Delhi would
leave most of people thirsty,” a government statement said.
Haryana has claimed the pond at the Haidepur WTP that had a
capacity of 425 cusecs got 425 cusecs of water. “The pond at Wazirabad
with a capacity of 210 MGD was filled with 210 MGD,” said Harmail Singh,
engineer-inchief, Haryana Irrigation. “These are entries from DJB’s log
book, checked by our engineers, who went to both Haiderpur and
Wazirabad,” he added.
The areas likely to be affected are: Patel Nagar, Moti Nagar,
Kirti Nagar, Narela, Bawana, Wazirabad, Transport Nagar localities,
areas north of Raj Path and the old Delhi localities.
with thanks : HINDUSTAN TIMES : Link
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