New Delhi: Water provide in components of Delhi can be hit with excessive ammonia ranges within the Yamuna inflicting as much as 50 per cent lower in manufacturing on the Wazirabad and the Chandrawal water therapy crops, the Delhi Jal Board mentioned on Monday. The WTPs at Chandrawal and Wazirabad can deal with as much as 90 MGD and 135 MGD of water, respectively. The ammonia degree on the Wazirabad pond is 8 components per million (PPM) at current.
According to the Bureau of Indian Standards, the appropriate most restrict of ammonia in ingesting water is 0.5 ppm. At current, the Delhi Jal Board has the capability to deal with 0.9 ppm.
“Due to high levels of pollutants (ammonia more than 8 ppm) being received in the Yamuna at Wazirabad pond, water production has been curtailed by 25 per cent to 50 per cent from WTPs of Wazirabad and Chandrawal. Therefore, water supply will be available at low pressure from Monday evening till the situation improves,” the DJB mentioned in a press release.
The areas which can be affected are Civil traces, Hindu Rao Hospital and adjoining areas, Kamla Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Karol Bagh, Pahar Ganj and NDMC areas, Old and New Rajinder Nagar, Patel Nagar, Baljeet Nagar, Prem Nagar, Inderpuri, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Tughlakabad, Sangam Vihar and Ambedkar Nagar.
The areas of Prahladpur, Ramleela Ground, Delhi Gate, Subhash Park, Model Town, Gulabi Bagh, Punjabi Bagh, Jahangirpuri, Moolchand, South Extension, Greater Kailash, Burari and adjoining areas, components of Cantonment areas and South Delhi may also be affected.
