India, Sept. 5 -- New Delhi

Low-lying water treatment plants (WTPs) have not been flooded this time, unlike the Yamuna flooding of 2023, but high turbidity, debris and silt in the river are impacting water supply to various parts of the national capital, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said. Officials said the debris the swollen river is bringing from geographically higher catchment areas has affected the operations of the Wazirabad and Chandrawal WTPs, which account for almost 20% of the city's water supply to north, central and New Delhi zones.

A senior DJB official said that the rising water levels have reached the periphery of the plants located along the Yamuna banks, but motor houses and other facilities have not been flooded.

"We have...