Chandrawal water treatment plant resume operations: CM Kejriwal
Chandrawal WTP alongside two other water treatment plants namely Wazirabad and Okhla were closed on July 13 as the floodwater entered the pumping stations of these plants.
ANI
Jul 16, 2023 10:44 IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed on Sunday that the Chandrawal water treatment plant (WTP) in the national capital has resumed operations as the water level in the Yamuna River dropped to 206.03 this morning.
Chandrawal water treatment plant has also started.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 16, 2023
Chandrawal plant alongside two other water treatment plants namely Wazirabad and Okhla were closed on July 13 as the floodwater entered the pumping stations of these plants.
Vice-Chairman of Delhi Jal Board, Somnath Bharti, in a tweet also shared that the Chandrawal WTP resuming operations will restore water supply to the tune of 105 MGD in assemblies falling in central Delhi - Rajender Nagar, Karol Bagh, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Patel Nagar, Palam vihar, Delhi Cantt and also in NDMC areas.
This will restore water supply to the tune of 105 MGD in assemblies falling in central Delhi namely rajender nagar, karolbagh, ballimaran, Chandni chowk, Patel nagar, palam vihar, Delhi Cantt and also in NDMC areas. Water supply from this area had got disrupted because its raw… https://t.co/P8gPLZL0sX
— Adv. Somnath Bharti: इंसानियत से बड़ा कुछ नहीं! (@attorneybharti) July 16, 2023
Bharti further informed that the work to restore all three phases of Wazirabad WTP is going on incessantly and will be restored anytime today.
Work to restore all the three phases of Wazirabad WTP is going on incessantly and in all likelihood, this will also be restored anytime today. Revival of Wazirabad WTP differs from that of other two WTPs viz Okhla and Chandrawal because Okhla WTP and Chandrawal WTP per se were…
— Adv. Somnath Bharti: इंसानियत से बड़ा कुछ नहीं! (@attorneybharti) July 16, 2023
Key arterial roads and nearby areas in the national capital remained affected on Sunday due to waterlogging from fresh showers while the Yamuna continued to be in spate.
The water level, which had breached the danger mark, flooding many low lying ares of the national capital and resulting in a raging blame game between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP, was recorded at 206.02 metres at 8 am on Sunday.
According to the officials, the water level of Yamuna is likely to fall below the danger mark in the next few hours.
Meanwhile, teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) carried out rescue operations in the low-lying areas near Pragati Maidan on late Saturday night, officials said.
Hundreds of people, who were rescued from low-lying areas by the NDRF personnel, spent the night at a relief camp in Mayur Vihar.
Fresh showers lashed various parts of the national capital on Saturday, leading to extensive waterlogging at arterial stretches and bringing traffic to a crawl. (ANI)
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