Delhi to face water crisis as Nangla hydel channel closes for repairs

NEW DELHI: Raghav Chadha, Vice Chairman, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), said on Thursday, February 26, that closure of Nangla hydel channel for repair work will stop the water supply to Delhi which will be the cause of a water crisis in the Capital. He added that Government of NCT of Delhi, Government of Haryana and Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) had written to the Government of India to request them to postpone the repair work.

Raghav said that the sudden closure of this channel will affect the supply of 232 MGD (million gallon per day) of water supply from the Beas river to Delhi for one month in March-April. The channel accounts for almost 25 per cent of the water supply in Delhi which will lead to an unprecedented water crisis. He informed that Delhi government is in continuous talks with the central government over the issue and the crisis will be managed soon.

Water flows from Bhakra dam in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh to Nangal dam, where the water is controlled and released into the Nanga hydel channel. The main line of Bhakra mostly supplied the irrigation water to Haryana and the power generated here is distributed among the partner states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi.