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Water supply is set to be disrupted in several parts of the city for at least the next two days after a channel that brings raw water from Haryana to Delhi was “breached,” according to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
The DJB said on Saturday that the Carrier Lined Channel (CLC) was breached near Barwasni village in Sonipat, Haryana, and water production would be affected from the Haiderpur phase-I and II water treatment plants, and the Bawana, Dwarka and Nangloi water treatment plants, for the next two days.
Till the CLC is restored, water will only be available at low pressure, and parts of the city that will be affected include North Delhi, Northwest Delhi, West Delhi, and parts of South Delhi including the Delhi Cantt area.
These water treatment plants together produce around 357 MGD (million gallons per day) of water. The Haiderpur water treatment plant produces around 240 MGD of water, while the plant at Nangloi produces around 45 MGD, Dwarka 52 MGD, and Bawana 20 MGD. The DJB usually produces around 990 MGD of water, which is below the estimated demand of around 1380 MGD for the city.
The CLC carries a part of Delhi’s raw water supply from Haryana – from the Hathnikund barrage, the Western Yamuna Canal carries water from the river to Munak, and then through the CLC and the Delhi Sub Branch water reaches the water treatment plants. The CLC itself carries around 750 cusecs of water from Munak to Haiderpur, and the DJB in a communication issued on Saturday said that raw water received through the CLC and the Delhi Sub Branch had reduced.
In a similar incident in June this year, the CLC had developed cracks at Barwasni village in Sonipat, affecting water supply in Delhi.
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