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Taps run dry in major parts of Delhi

-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Water supply was hit in several parts of the city as "dangerously high" levels of ammonia in raw water forced suspension of operations at Chandrawal and Wazirabad treatment plants on Sunday. Areas in north and central Delhi, Delhi Cantt, parts of south and southwest Delhi and those under NDMC were affected. The supply is likely to remain disrupted for a major part of Monday too.

At the same time, a breach in the Munak canal affected supply at Haiderpur and Dwarka. Officials said the problem started due to a leak in the canal on Saturday night. An official said: "Other than Yamuna, two channels bring water to Delhi from Haryana -- Munak and the Delhi sub-branch. DSB's capacity is much lower than Munak's."

The canal had to be closed for repairs after the leak. "As a result, production was down 50% at Haiderpur and almost completely halted at Dwarka."

Meanwhile, the share of Delhi's water that comes via Munak was diverted to the river to be received at Wazirabad pond. "Here we encountered another problem. The water coming from Haryana is massively polluted with levels of ammonia fluctuating between 3 ppm and 4 ppm against a highest permissible treatable level of 1 ppm. We had to shut down Wazirabad and Chandrawal because it was impossible to treat the water," added the official.

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