‘It’s that time of the year again, when the peak summer increases the demand for water in the national capital. As a result, arrangements have already been initiated to meet the increased demand this year,’ a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official said. The DJB has taken many initiatives to provide potable water services in the city this summer.
The DJB spokesperson said that the Board is taking steps to ensure average production levels of 835 million callons per day (MGD) during summer. This production is expected to increase further by 80 MGD after the commissioning of the Munak Canal.
The issue of water supply in the national capital is being strongly pursued, with the government of India and the Haryana government. In anticipation of the receipt of additional water from the Munak Canal, the DJB has completed the construction of three new water treatment plants at Dwarka, Bawana and Okhla.
The Munak Canal is supposed to release 80 MGD water but it is yet to be executed. Delhi has been getting only 836 MGD of treated water for the past five years, against the requirement of 1025 MGD. In contrast to DJB statements, MLAs Satprakash Rana (Biswasan, Dharam Deo Solanki( Palam Vidhan Sabha ) and SCL Gupta (Sangam Vihar) have claimed that there is an acute shortage of drinking water in these areas, where Delhi Jal Board is not supplying water.
To make the water distribution system more efficient and ensure better quality water to consumers, about 200 kms of old pipelines have been replaced and 333 major leakages have been repaired in the last one year,’ a DJB spokesperson added. Additional tube wells have been installed and re-bored.
These tankers are fitted with GPS tracking devices. An efficient mechanism developed by the DIMTS (Delhi Integrated Multi – Modal Transit System) is in position to monitor the movement of these tankers to ensure timely delivery of water to the consumers.
The DJB spokesperson said that the Board is taking steps to ensure average production levels of 835 million callons per day (MGD) during summer. This production is expected to increase further by 80 MGD after the commissioning of the Munak Canal.
The issue of water supply in the national capital is being strongly pursued, with the government of India and the Haryana government. In anticipation of the receipt of additional water from the Munak Canal, the DJB has completed the construction of three new water treatment plants at Dwarka, Bawana and Okhla.
The Munak Canal is supposed to release 80 MGD water but it is yet to be executed. Delhi has been getting only 836 MGD of treated water for the past five years, against the requirement of 1025 MGD. In contrast to DJB statements, MLAs Satprakash Rana (Biswasan, Dharam Deo Solanki( Palam Vidhan Sabha ) and SCL Gupta (Sangam Vihar) have claimed that there is an acute shortage of drinking water in these areas, where Delhi Jal Board is not supplying water.
To make the water distribution system more efficient and ensure better quality water to consumers, about 200 kms of old pipelines have been replaced and 333 major leakages have been repaired in the last one year,’ a DJB spokesperson added. Additional tube wells have been installed and re-bored.
These tankers are fitted with GPS tracking devices. An efficient mechanism developed by the DIMTS (Delhi Integrated Multi – Modal Transit System) is in position to monitor the movement of these tankers to ensure timely delivery of water to the consumers.