Projects stuck, Delhi stares at a water crisis

  • 11/03/2011

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)

Neither Munak Canal Nor Renuka Dam Will Provide Water This Summer Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: The capital is staring at a grim water situation this summer. The city government had been banking heavily on the Munak canal for supply of an additional 80 million gallons per day (MGD) and had hoped that work on Renuka dam would commence, assuring the city of a fixed supply in the coming years. But both projects have got stuck and officials have started advocating water conservation measures. Delhi has an installed treatment capacity of 755 MGD through eight water treatment plants. An additional 100 MGD is extracted from the ground.