Directorate of Information & Publicity 
Directorate of Information & Publicity
Government of NCT of Delhi
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New Delhi: 22/02/2016
- Delhi Jal Board (DJB) teams have succeeded in starting the Wazirabad water treatment plants on Monday evening.
- DJB chairman and Water Minister Mr Kapil Mishra was present at the plant when the engineers succeeded in running the plant at 25 % capacity. (It will be functioning at 50% capacity by night).
- DJB will start operating the Chandrawal and Okhla plants soon in the evening itself.
- Bawana, Dwarka, Haiderpur and Nangloi water plants will start functioning the moment water supply is restored from Munak Canal in Haryana.
- As per existing agreements, Haryana supplies 580 MGD (11oo cusecs) of water to Delhi from Munak Canal/other sources.
- Water supply is yet to start from Haryana.
- In total, above mentioned seven water treatment plants of Delhi are dependant on Haryana for operations.
- Other two water treatment plants – Sonia Vihar and Bhagirathi – have remained unaffected since their source is not Munak Canal.
(Please find attached the letters written by Mr Kapil Mishra to Union Defence Minister Mr Manohar Parrikar, Union Home Minister Mr Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister Mr Manohar Lal Khattar on the issue)
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