Chandrawal water plant: supply restored nine days later

The Delhi Jal Board has restored full water supply from the Chandrawal treatment plant after flooding halted operations for nine days.

Published on: Mar 31, 2026, 04:12:02 IST

By Paras Singh, New Delhi

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The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said on Monday that it has restored full 58 million gallons per day (MGD) supply from Phase 2 of the Chandrawal water treatment plant, nine days after the section was flooded, halting operations at the facility.

Water minister Parvesh Verma said all operations have been restored and the system stabilised (HT)

Water minister Parvesh Verma said all operations have been restored and the system stabilised. “I wish to inform that the Chandrawal plant is now 100% operational. We had earlier tried to make it fully operational twice, but its systems continued to face technical issues. Wherever supply was affected, we increased the number of tankers,” he said.

The current episode began March 22 when operations at Chandrawal WTP-II halted after a major 600 mm diameter backwash pipeline near the pump house was damaged, causing severe waterlogging.

The city’s oldest plant has seen multiple outages over the past year due to repair works, including maintenance in July and August 2024, a leakage in the main rising supply line in November, and valve damage in August.

A DJB official said legacy motors and decades-old electrical equipment have spare parts that are not readily available, while moisture in pumps has led to multiple faults causing tripping. “These are custom-made motors. We had to seek help from certain manufacturers in Meerut. This is a very old plant. The new 105 MGD Chandrawal plant is ready, and once operational, these issues will not be faced,” the official added.

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Paras Singh
Paras Singh is a New Delhi-based journalist with Hindustan Times, where he serves as Deputy Metro Editor. He reports on urban governance, the Delhi government, the Delhi BJP, water management, the environment, communities and city life. He joined Hindustan Times in 2021 after beginning his journalism career at The Times of India in 2016, where he covered civic bodies, the water and power sectors, and urban infrastructure. Over the last decade, some of his reporting has led to significant public impact, with investigations into environmental violations, corruption and illegal industrial activity contributing to multiple judicial interventions by the National Green Tribunal and the Delhi High Court. A graduate of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Paras studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. Having extensively covered the capital's evolving civic and governance landscape, his recent work increasingly explores Delhi's history, built heritage, urban evolution and the relationship between people and place, alongside continuing to report on governance and public policy.Read More

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