Delhi Water Supply Disruption: Pipeline Work to Impact Multiple Areas on June 6-7
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has announced that interconnection work on a newly laid 1,500 mm mild steel pipeline near the Taimoor Nagar drain in Khizrabad village will temporarily disrupt water supply in several parts of the national capital.
This project is being carried out following directions from the Delhi High Court. The old pipeline will eventually be removed from the drain entry point leading to the Yamuna.
Residents in parts of south, southeast and Lutyens' Delhi are expected to face water supply disruptions on Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7.
Affected areas include Golf Links, Bharti Nagar, Lodhi Estate, Khan Market, Prithviraj Road, Shahjahan Road, Delhi High Court area, Pandara Road, Jor Bagh, Janpath, Kidwai Nagar, the President's Estate and Safdarjung airport area.
Water supply is also expected to be impacted in catchment areas such as Greater Kailash I and II, East of Kailash, Kailash Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Defence Colony, South Extension, Andrews Ganj, New Friends Colony, Maharani Bagh, Sukhdev Vihar, Okhla Phase I and II, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Alaknanda, Chittaranjan Park, Jamia Nagar, Batla House, Zakir Nagar, Nehru Place, Jasola, Sarita Vihar, Madanpur Khadar, Sarai Kale Khan, Siddharth Nagar, Ashram, Sunlight Colony-1, Hari Nagar Ashram, Jangpura, Nizamuddin, Tughlaqabad and adjoining areas.
Areas served by the Apollo and Sarita Vihar reservoirs, along with Geetanjali Enclave, Navjeevan Vihar, Saket, Malviya Nagar, Chirag Delhi, IGNOU, and Sarvapriya Vihar are also likely to be affected.
Additionally, Asian Games Village, Khel Gaon, Hauz Khas, Gulmohar Park, Green Park, Malviya Nagar, Chhatarpur, Mehrauli, all pockets of Vasant Kunj, Deer Park and nearby localities may face disruptions.
The authorities stated that water supply may remain completely unavailable or at low pressure in several localities during this period.
Separately, maintenance work will be carried out on the 1,900 mm South Delhi main supply line of the Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant. Water supply in the affected catchment areas will remain disrupted for eight hours beginning at 10 am on July 6.
Localities expected to be affected by this maintenance include Kailash Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, CWG Village, Patparganj, Okhla, Zakir Nagar, Batla House, Siddharth Enclave, Bharti Nagar, SPA Hostel, Rabindra Nagar and others.
The Jal Board has advised residents to store adequate water and use it judiciously to meet essential requirements. Water tankers will be deployed on request in affected areas during the maintenance period. Residents can contact their local DJB offices or tanker control rooms if emergency water supply is required.
