New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday stated that engineers are working around the clock to renew full capability of the Wazirabad Water Treatment plant within the nationwide capital, which reopened a day in the past after it was pressured to shut on account of floods a couple of days in the past.
The Wazirabad plant, one of many three water remedy vegetation by means of which the town will get its ingesting water provide, needed to be shut on July 13 after the flood waters entered its pumping station.
As per Kejriwal, the WWT plant was presently working at a capability of 54 MGD.
“Capacity of Wazirabad Water treatment plant is 134 MGD. It has started producing 54 MGD. The equipment got most damaged in this plant. Hopefully, it shud start working on full capacity soon. Engineers are working 24×7,” tweeted Kejriwal on Monday.
The chief minister additionally thanked the Public Works Department, Delhi Jal Board and different companies for rescue and reduction operations within the flood-affected areas.
“I wish to personally thank PWD, DJB, army, NDRF, IFC, navy and all officers and engineers of other depts for working 24×7 to save Delhiites and bringing life to normalcy. Salute to all of them! Thank u!,” tweeted Kejriwal.
On Sunday, Kejriwal knowledgeable that the Chandrawal water remedy plant (WTP) had resumed operations after water stage within the Yamuna River dropped to 206.03 metres.
The three water remedy plants- Wazirabad, Okhla and Chandrawal- had been closed on July 13 because the floodwater entered the pumping stations of those vegetation. Following the closure of the three remedy vegetation as a result of rising ranges of the Yamuna, a number of areas of the Delhi confronted water disaster.
The Okhla water remedy plant began at full capability on Saturday night.
The water stage of the Yamuna River on Monday morning crossed 205.48 metres, barely above the hazard mark of 205.33 metres, even because the waterlogging scenario continues to persist in a number of components of the nationwide capital.
As per the Central Water Commission, the water stage, which had breached the hazard mark, flooding huge swathes of the nationwide capital, was recorded at 205.48 at 7 am on Monday down from 206.02 m at 8 am on Sunday.
As per the info, the water stage stood at 205.45 m for the final 3 hours earlier than 7 am.
Previously, water stage of the river was recorded at 205.56 metres at 8 PM on Sunday.
The Yamuna River in Delhi crossed the hazard mark of 205.33 metres at 5 pm on July 10.The hourly water discharge from the Hathni Kund Barrage which had gone as much as roughly 3,60,000 cusecs on July 11 was at 53,955 cusecs on Sunday at 08:00 PM.Kejriwal, on Sunday, introduced ten thousand rupees per household as monetary assist for the flood-affected households. (ANI)