In June last year too, a section of the Munak canal broke and affected water supply to parts of the national capital for two days.
A sub-branch of the Munak Canal, which supplies about 36.7% of the water (719 cusecs) to Delhi, inundated areas near and around the Hanuman temple in Bawana early on Thursday. Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials said teams have rushed to repair critical sources of water for Delhi's treatment plants in Hyderpur, Bawana, Nangloi and Dwarka.
A section of the canal, which also breached in June last year and affected water supply to parts of Delhi for two days, was constructed between 2003 and 2012. Army took control of canal to restore water supply. Jat Conservation Movement in February 2016.
A DJB official said the Haryana Irrigation Department, which maintains the Munak Canal, has been informed and asked to stop the flow of water. "An assessment of the shortfall in the city's water supply will be possible later in the day," said the official, who did not wish to be named.
The DJB is yet to find the cause of the breach in the 102-km-long reservoir, which is part of the Western Yamuna Canal in Haryana and Delhi. The canal carries water from the Yamuna to the Munak regulator in Karnal, Haryana. It extends to Hyderpur via Khubru and Mandora barrages.
In a post on X, Delhi Water Minister Atishi said the DJB is working in close coordination with the Haryana Irrigation Department following a breach in one of its sub-branches on Thursday morning. “The water has gone to another sub-branch of the canal. Repair work has already started and will be completed by [Thursday] afternoon. The broken canal will be reopened from tomorrow (Friday).”
Apart from the Munak Canal, the capital receives 17.8% (330 cusec) of water from the Delhi sub-branch and 6.6% (120 cusec) from the Yamuna River. 25.4% is supplied from Ganga (200 cusec) and Sonia Bihar (270 cusec) water treatment plants. The rest of the water comes from the ground through wells and tubewells installed in the flood plains of the Yamuna.
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