Capital’s water woes to remain
12 Jun 2012 12:33 AM GMT
Chief secretary of Delhi P K Tripathi failed to make any headway with his Haryana counterpart, P K Chaudhery in resolving the issue pertaining to supply of water to the Capital through Munak canal.
On Monday, a meeting was held between Tripathi and Chaudhery to discuss the issue of releasing more water to Delhi, to address the problem of water shortage. The latter, however, turned down the request, saying his state was also facing the same situation.
Delhi Jal Board [DJB] Chief Executive Officer Debashree Mukherjee was also present in the meeting.
The meeting was to discuss the infamous Munak issue, which has been a bone of contention between Delhi and Haryana for long now.
When asked whether the unresolved dispute between the two states figured in the meeting, Tripathi, however, said the matter will be discussed at the political level and probably at the next meeting between the two.
The canal was constructed by Haryana with financial assistance of around Rs 400 crore given by Delhi government on the condition that the national capital will be supplied 80 MGD [million gallons per day] water from it. But later, Haryana refused to supply the water to the city.
Construction work on the 102-km canal between Munak in Haryana and Haiderpur in Delhi is almost finished. The canal has been constructed to stop loss of water through leakages.
As both sides failed to settle the dispute, the Centre had set up a GoM to find a solution to the matter. Meanwhile, at the meeting Tripathi requested Chaudhery to provide additional water to Delhi apart from daily supply of 1,000 cusecs but the Haryana Chief Secretary expressed inability to do so. The current average demand of potable water in the city is around 1,100 MGD and DJB supplies around 800 MGD water across the city after treating the raw water.
Around 151 litres of water is wasted on daily basis in the city due to leakages in the water pipes and lackadaisical attitude of DJB. Several areas of the city have been facing severe water shortage for the last few weeks. The situation deteriorated further in south Delhi on Saturday when a major pipeline broke down after an under-construction building fell on it. Interestingly, Haryana also accuses Delhi of drawing more water than the allotted quantity from the Yamuna barrage for Haiderpur and Wazirabad water treatment plants while Delhi has charged the neighbouring state with not releasing the agreed volume of water.
Talking to Millennium Post, Tripathi said, ‘We need to improve our relations with Haryana to improve water supply. Both sides agreed to improve coordination in matters relating to withdrawal of water by Delhi from Yamuna barrage.’
On Monday, a meeting was held between Tripathi and Chaudhery to discuss the issue of releasing more water to Delhi, to address the problem of water shortage. The latter, however, turned down the request, saying his state was also facing the same situation.
Delhi Jal Board [DJB] Chief Executive Officer Debashree Mukherjee was also present in the meeting.
The meeting was to discuss the infamous Munak issue, which has been a bone of contention between Delhi and Haryana for long now.
When asked whether the unresolved dispute between the two states figured in the meeting, Tripathi, however, said the matter will be discussed at the political level and probably at the next meeting between the two.
The canal was constructed by Haryana with financial assistance of around Rs 400 crore given by Delhi government on the condition that the national capital will be supplied 80 MGD [million gallons per day] water from it. But later, Haryana refused to supply the water to the city.
Construction work on the 102-km canal between Munak in Haryana and Haiderpur in Delhi is almost finished. The canal has been constructed to stop loss of water through leakages.
As both sides failed to settle the dispute, the Centre had set up a GoM to find a solution to the matter. Meanwhile, at the meeting Tripathi requested Chaudhery to provide additional water to Delhi apart from daily supply of 1,000 cusecs but the Haryana Chief Secretary expressed inability to do so. The current average demand of potable water in the city is around 1,100 MGD and DJB supplies around 800 MGD water across the city after treating the raw water.
Around 151 litres of water is wasted on daily basis in the city due to leakages in the water pipes and lackadaisical attitude of DJB. Several areas of the city have been facing severe water shortage for the last few weeks. The situation deteriorated further in south Delhi on Saturday when a major pipeline broke down after an under-construction building fell on it. Interestingly, Haryana also accuses Delhi of drawing more water than the allotted quantity from the Yamuna barrage for Haiderpur and Wazirabad water treatment plants while Delhi has charged the neighbouring state with not releasing the agreed volume of water.
Talking to Millennium Post, Tripathi said, ‘We need to improve our relations with Haryana to improve water supply. Both sides agreed to improve coordination in matters relating to withdrawal of water by Delhi from Yamuna barrage.’
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