New Delhi: Delhi continues to face a 10% water deficit, with the Wazirabad water treatment plant running at half capacity due to low Yamuna river flow. The Delhi Jal Board will send officials to Haryana to negotiate the release of additional water through the Somb, a smaller Yamuna tributary.
Data from the Haryana irrigation department shows that while 352 cusecs were being released into the Yamuna channel, 2,155.5 cusecs were being diverted into the Western Jamuna Canal. DJB is pressing Haryana to redirect a portion of this flow through the Somb to reach Wazirabad.
A senior DJB official said daily water production has fluctuated between 892 MGD and 927 MGD, leaving the capital roughly 100 million gallons per day short of the targeted supply of 1,002 MGD.
Residents are struggling with the water shortage, with many reporting no water supply for nearly two weeks. Officials said chief minister Rekha Gupta has spoken to Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, seeking water, and that Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar is assessing the solution.
