Delhi Water Crisis

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday urged the Centre to provide 1,300 million gallons per day (MGD) of water to Delhi, saying it will help ensure round-the-clock water supply to the people in the city. The Delhi government is trying to increase water availability in the city, he said after inaugurating an 11 million litres capacity underground water reservoir in Patparganj village. "Delhi received 800-850 MGD water around 1997-98 when its population was around 80 lakh. It is still getting the same amount of water though the population has now tripled to 2.5 crore. With a slight nudge from the Centre, water can be made available from neighbouring states," the chief minister said. "We will supply round-the-clock water to each household in Delhi if the city is provided 1,300 MGD water by the Centre," he added. The chief minister also assured residents of Delhi that their water bills would be rectified in case of any anomaly and suggested they hold paying the charges till the correct

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday invited suggestions from the public to make the national capital self-sufficient in meeting drinking water demand. The LG said Delhi's water demands are unsustainable and there is a shortage of around 280 million gallons a day (MGD) of drinking water in the city. "Instead of blaming others, let us together make the capital self-sufficient by conserving water and augmenting our groundwater. Your suggestions & participation only will help us achieve this," the LG tweeted. The capital depends on neighboring states for raw water: It gets 675 MGD of water from Haryana through two canals -- Carrier-Lined Channel (368 MGD) and Delhi Sub-Branch (177) -- and the Yamuna (65 MGD). Besides, 253 MGD of water is received from Uttar Pradesh through the Upper Ganga Canal, and the rest is drawn from ranney wells and tube wells installed across the city. The Delhi Jal Board supplies 990 MGD of water to city residents. Delhi faced a severe water shortag

With the national capital facing water shortage, Delhi BJP leaders on Sunday met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here and urged him to supply water to the city from his state

Kejriwal said he also discussed the issue with Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena at a meeting

People in many parts of Delhi are deprived of water supply and Kejriwal is busy campaigning in other states and patting his own back by issuing advertisements, BJP MP Verma said during the protest.

The production capacity at Wazirabad, Chandrawal and Okhla water treatment plants has dipped further as the Yamuna has "almost dried up", compounding drinking water problems in several areas in Delhi

The capital city is among 21 cities of India which have probably exhausted the ground water resources

Delhi has been divided into three zones for the city government's ambitious scheme to provide 24X7 water supply to every household by 2024, according to officials. "The entire project area has been divided into three parts -- East and Northeast Zone, South and Southwest Zone, and West and Northwest Zone," an official told PTI. The project will cover 77 percent of the capital's population. At present, 12 percent of the population is covered under three pilot projects for 24X7 water supply in Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Nangloi areas. Around 11 percent of the population will be covered under 24X7 water supply projects being undertaken in the command areas of Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plans, an official said. A contractor will be appointed for every zone and it will have to complete the rehabilitation and construction to create necessary infrastructure in five years from the date of handover of designated areas. Thereafter, the contractor will operate and maintain

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Friday informed that the water level at the Wazirabad pond has increased from 667 feet to 674.5 feet after the Haryana government released Delhi's share of water.

Delhi Water Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday chaired a meeting of senior Delhi Jal Board officials that lasted more than eight hours and reviewed the progress of various projects

BJP's Delhi unit president and MP Manoj Tiwari, and parliamentarians Meenakshi Lekhi, Parvesh Verma and Vijay Goel were also present at the press meet.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal rejected the report, saying the city's water quality cannot be declared as good or bad with just 11 samples.

Assembly elections in the city are due early next year and the Aam Aadmi Party is in a triangular contest against the BJP and Congress to retain power.

In Delhi, in 70 years, only 58% of the households had access to water

The Delhi government has nominated two members -- Jal Board Deputy Chairman Dinesh Mohani and its member Shaalab Kumar -- for the joint team

Delhi's poor water quality needs urgent solutions

Earlier in the day, Kejriwal had said that the city's tap water quality cannot be judged based on an analysis of just 11 samples

The Haryana government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it would maintain status quo on supply of Yamuna river water to Delhi till May 21

The apex court was hearing a plea filed by the DJB alleging that Haryana had reduced by one-third the supply of Yamuna water to the national capital, leading to a grave water crisis

The Supreme Court today would be hearing Delhi government's petition seeking Centre's intervention