Chadha said a letter has been written to the Union government to postpone the repair work
It said the high ammonia level in the raw water sourced from the Yamuna affected the operations at the Chandrawal, Wazirabad and Okhla water treatment plants
Water supply will be affected in parts of Delhi due to an "abnormal" increase in ammonia levels in raw water discharged into the Yamuna by Haryana, Delhi Jal Board vice chairman Raghav Chadha said
Majority of households in Delhi have access to tap water, shows survey
Water from abandoned, empty houses was going to "tanker mafias", the Congress' city unit president claimed
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.
In Delhi, in 70 years, only 58% of the households had access to water
DJB claimed the BIS report that said Delhi's water was unfit for drinking was "meant to create chaos ahead of the elections in the city"
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari shot off a letter to Kejriwal, claiming that people were 'deeply scared' and 'terrified' of drinking the 'poisonous' water being supplied in the city
Kejriwal said that 2,000 samples should have been taken in Delhi for a better estimation of water quality
Supply however will be limited as the Munak canal damaged in the Jat stir, needs repairing
The apex court critised the Delhi govt for approaching it instead of resolving the issue at government-to-government level
Two columns of the Army, around 600 CRPF personnel and the Haryana Police took over control of the canal, evicting Jat protesters from the site