New Delhi: Water wars have begun at Delhi Jal Board headquarters, Varunalaya, at Jhandewalan.
On Friday, its gates were locked after several protesting groups reached there demanding water in their parched areas.
“We get water from Haryana through three routes — Yamuna, carrier-lined channel (CLC) and Delhi sub-branch (DSB) canals.
Haiderpur meets its 210MGD capacity from both Yamuna and Bhakhra,” a senior DJB official said.
“We are diverting water from other centres to Wazirabad and Chandrawal.
Areas expected to face disruption in water supply include Lutyens’ Delhi and VIP areas, embassy zone, Moolchand, South Extension, Greater Kailash, Lodhi Road and Nizamuddin in south Delhi; Delhi Cantt and areas around ITO, India Gate and Connaught Place; Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh and Moti Nagar in west Delhi; Mukherjee Nagar, Model Town, Civil Lines, GTB Nagar and Ashok Vihar in north Delhi.
“The water losses from Yamuna are around 50%.
DSB witnesses lesser and CLC canal’s losses are just around 5% while water is being transported from Munak to Delhi’s WTPs.
The water saved due to building these canals should belong to Delhi, but Haryana wants to exclude it.
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