Now, Water Shortage In Delhi? Will Have To Cut Supply To Hospitals, Says Delhi Jal Board
The national capital has been gasping for oxygen as hundreds of patients have so far died due to shortage of oxygen. Desperate for adequate supply, top hospitals of Delhi have been sending SOS on Twitter, trying to get help and families in need paying exorbitant amounts to buy cylinders. And, even as the city has barely recovered from the crisis, another threat looms over Delhi.
Why the shortage
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has now told the Supreme Court that a critical shortage is being faced in the water being supplied from Punjab and Haryana. The Delhi Jal Board has told the court that Delhi will struggle for water in the coming days if the water supply does not improve.
The DJB said due to the water shortage from Punjab and Haryana, it may have to cut down the water being provided to hospitals in Delhi. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court (SC) has agreed to hear the DJB's plea on Thursday.?The bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, decided to hear the matter involving the water supply issue.?
What Delhi Jal Board is saying
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha on May 1 had said depleting water level in the Yamuna river is leading to a shortage of drinking water in several parts of Delhi and may also affect hospitals in the city in the coming days.
How crisis can be controlled
He urged Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar to release more raw water into the Yamuna so that sufficient drinking water is available for the national capital. The water level at Wazirabad pond has dipped to 667.20 feet from the normal level of 674.5 feet as Haryana has been releasing less raw water into the river, Chadha said.
The water from Wazirabad pond is drawn for treatment at Wazirabad, Okhla and Chandrawal treatment plants. Drinking water supply has been hit in parts of Central Delhi, North Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi due to decreasing water levels in the river, the DJB had said.
