The water crisis in the city is likely to continue as Delhi government’s efforts to get more water from neighbouring Haryana did not fructify. At a meeting here, Delhi chief secretary P.K. Tripathi asked his Haryana counterpart P.K. Chaudhery to release more water to Delhi but the latter turned down the request saying his state was also facing shortage. Mr Tripathi later said that both sides agreed to improve coordination in matters relating to withdrawal of water by Delhi from Yamuna barrage for Wazirabad and Hedayatpur water treatment plants. Sources said Mr Tripathi had requested Mr Chaudhery to provide additional water to Delhi apart from the daily supply of 1,000 cusecs but the Haryana chief secretary expressed inability to do so. Several areas of Delhi have been facing severe water shortage for the last few weeks. The situation deteriorated further in south Delhi on Saturday when a pipeline broke down after an underconstruction building fell on it. The current average demand of potable water in the city is around 1,100 mgd (million gallons per day) and currently the DJB supplies around 800 mgd water after treating raw water. The demand is projected to touch around 1,400 mgd by end of the 12th Five Year Plan in 2017. Delhi relies heavily on neighbouring states for supply of raw water. Haryana accuses Delhi of drawing more water than the allotted quantity from the Yamuna barrage for Haiderpur and Wazirabad water treatment plants while Delhi charges the neighbouring state with not releasing the agreed volume of water. Asked whether the unresolved dispute on Munak Canal issue figured in the meeting, Mr Tripathi said the matter will be discussed at the political level. The canal was constructed by Haryana with financial assistance of around `400 crores given by Delhi government on the condition that the national capital will be supplied 80 MGD water from it. But later, Haryana refused to supply the water to the city. As both sides failed to settle the dispute, the Centre had set up a GoM to find a solution to the matter. Haryana has opposed any water-sharing, saying it has been generously providing water to its neighbour even though its own demand has gone up in recent years. Construction work on the 102-km canal has almost been completed.