NEW DELHI: Despite
Uttar Pradesh releasing water for Delhi after the Ganga canal closure, some
parts of south Delhi continue to face water shortage. A two-hour long power cut
at the Cantt booster pumping station on Thursday disrupted the water supply again
for the next two days in the Vasant Vihar command area and part of the Ring
Road.
Delhi
Jal Board is facing a massive increase in demand with Delhi being ravaged by a
heat wave since last week. "DJB has touched a record-high production and
is treating 834-835 million gallons water per day. Since demand is so high, we
have been trying to rationalize water so that everyone gets some supply at
least," sai However, the residents in Saket and nearby Vasant Vihar are
complaining that water is yet to reach their homes. At Saket's D block, water
supply was disrupted around May 17 - the day the Ganga canal was shut.
"Before that, we got water twice a day for a total of three hours.
Initially, water supply stopped completely but intermittent supply resumed after
a few days. With UP releasing water, we thought that supply would be back to
normal but we are only getting water once a day and that too for 30 minutes or
so at 4am. Most parts of Saket are facing this problem," said a resident
of D block.
DJB
officials said water supply was being rationalized in the area because of the
earlier shortage and would resume normally after a day or so.
In
Vasant Vihar - where officials say the entire allocation of 0.8-0.9 MGD is
being provided - some residents have claimed that their supply has still not
resumed.
"We
were assured by DJB that supply would resume by Friday but nothing has
happened. We did not get water even on Saturday. Many people had to take
expensive private tankers," said a resident.
DJB
officials said there was no real water shortage in the city and blamed the
problems to local faults. Residents of other areas might be facing a pinch
because their supply would have been reduced to compensate for the high demand,
an official said.
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