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Delhi Taps Munak Canal for Water Woes
7 Oct
Summary
- Delhi faces a 250 MGD water deficit by 2025-26.
- New tube wells will be interlinked to a Bawana reservoir.
- Haryana has raised concerns about canal water flow alteration.
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is commencing a project to enhance the city's water supply by establishing new extraction points along the Munak canal. This effort aims to address a projected demand-supply gap of 250 million gallons per day (MGD) by 2025-26, as upstream dam projects face delays.
Work has begun on a tube well interlinking and conveyance system costing ₹9.3 crore, designed to transport extracted water to an underground reservoir in Bawana Sector 36 within five months. IIT Roorkee is assessing the water potential, with extracted water potentially supplying the Haiderpur water treatment plant.
Delhi's estimated water demand is 1,250 MGD, with current supply at 1,000 MGD, comprising water from canals and groundwater sources. DJB already operates over 6,000 tube wells. Discussions are underway with Haryana, whose irrigation department has raised objections, fearing large-scale extraction could alter canal water flow and suggesting a minimum distance of 100 meters from the canal.
