Hry gives more water, deficit at 50MGD
New Delhi, June 11 -- With the Yamuna largely running dry, Delhi on Wednesday continued to face a water shortfall of around 50 million gallons per day (MGD) amid several localities grappling with contaminated supply, officials said. Most complaints were received from Prem Nagar, Bhajanpura, Hari Nagar Ashram, Chandni Chowk Maliwara, Sangam Vihar and Budh Vihar, among others.
Senior government officials said that Haryana was releasing an additional 125 cusecs (~66.25MGD) of water through the Munak Canal, helping keep the water supply at 951MGD, against a target of 1,002MGD.
A senior government official, who did not wish to be named, said, "At the peak of the crisis, we were receiving 924 cusecs of water through the Munak Canal; this has incr...
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