Delhi govt doing its best to provide water to all: Kejri

As water production by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) rose to an “all-time high” of 955 million gallon per day on Sunday, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government is doing its best to provide water to all in the city.

Several parts of the city have been facing water crisis in the past weeks, with the opposition BJP and Congress slamming the AAP government and staging protests, including at the chief minister’s residence.

“Govt is doing its best to provide water to all. Our engineers are working 24x7 against all odds,” Mr Kejriwal tweeted.

In a tweet, water minister Satyendar Jain said the DJB achieved record production of 955 MGD in the last 24 hours. All the WTPs (water treatment plants) are working at their peak capacity to ensure extra water supply to the residents of Delhi.

He said the DJB was expected to touch 980 MGD production by December this year.

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Govt is doing its best to provide water to all. Our engineers are working 24x7 against all odds — Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM

chairman Raghav Chadha said water production has increased.

“I’m pleased to inform that today Delhi’s water production by @DelhiJalBoard is at an all-time high of 955 MGD against the usual 910 MGD. Due to sufficient availability of raw water in River Yamuna as well as engineering solutions, we have managed to push our optimum levels,” Mr Chadha said in a tweet.

On Friday, he had said 16,000 cusec water was released by Haryana three days ago, which had reached Delhi and the water treatment plants in the national capital were operating at optimum levels.

Water levels of the Yamuna at the Wazirabad Barrage had hit the lowest mark in 56 years on Monday, with Haryana withholding Delhi’s share of water, he had said earlier.

The DJB had moved the Supreme Court last Sunday, seeking directions to Haryana to release the national capital’s share of water.

As the water levels in the Yamuna have now normalised, the DJB is producing more water than before, the Delhi government said in a statement on Sunday.

Some decades ago, the Delhi government had signed a pact with the neighbouring states to receive water.

The DJB supplies 935 MGD of water to city residents against the demand of 1,150 MGD.