India, April 2 -- The Haryana irrigation department has objected to the Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) plan to add tube wells along the Munak canal section in Delhi for extracting groundwater and augmenting the water supply, officials said on Tuesday.

According to DJB officials, the groundwater levels along the canal are high and the alignment has good quality groundwater aquifers however Haryana argued it alters the water sharing via the canal.

A senior DJB official said the issue was raised in a recent meeting held with the irrigation department of Haryana. "Along with adding the tube wells in floodplains, we also proposed adding them along the Munak canal but the Haryana irrigation department refused to provide the permission. Haryana manag...