Water supply to large parts of the city was affected on Tuesday after the Delhi Jal Board was forced to shutdown two of its water treatment plants on account of heavy pollution levels in the raw water supplied from Haryana.
The DJB had to shut down the Chandrawal and the Wazirabad Water Treatment Plants after the level of pollution in the raw water from the river Yamuna rose considerably, making treatment difficult.
“Haryana has closed down Drain Number 8, which supplies water to Delhi for some repair work. Water is now being supplied to the city through the river. On the first day when the water is flushed down the pollutants tend to rise and the water is unfit for treatment, that is what happened on Tuesday morning as well and we had to shutdown two WTPs,” said a senior official of the DJB.
The official said the pollutants were flushed out from the Hathnikund Barrage and the water that the city is now receiving is being treated at the water treatment plants.
“By afternoon we had been able to clear off the pollutant rush and production at the two plants was resumed partially. While some areas were affected on Tuesday, we expect the supply to be restored to normal by Wednesday morning,” the official said.
The DJB has also informed the Haryana Irrigation Department about the presence of pollutants in the river water and requested the release of an additional quantity of water at Munak to dilute the concentration of pollutants.
Among the areas that were affected on Tuesday were North Delhi, North-West Delhi, parts of West Delhi, Central Delhi, parts of South Delhi, NDMC area and Delhi Cantonment.
