Water supply to south Delhi to be hit

The Sonia Vihar water treatment plant supplies 140 million gallons per day (mgd) of water to parts of south, north east and central Delhi. It draws raw water from the Upper Ganga Canal.

Several parts of south Delhi are likely to face disruption in water supply on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning as the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) plans to carry out scheduled maintenance work, the utility said in an official advisory.

Tankers will be available on helpline emergency numbers.

Areas where the supply of water will likely be hit include Greater Kailash, Vasant Kunj, Panchsheel Park, Kalkaji, Sarita Vihar, Siddhartha Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Kailash Nagar, Sarai Kale Khan, Lajpat Nagar, Kalkaji extension, Govindpuri, Okhla market, Amar Colony, Kotla Mubarakpur, and parts of New Delhi Municipal Council areas.

“Due to some maintenance work at Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant the water supply in South Delhi main from Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant shall remain affected for 14 hours starting on January 8 from 9am onwards. The water supply will not be available on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning,” the DJB advisory said.

The Sonia Vihar water treatment plant supplies 140 million gallons per day (mgd) of water to parts of south, north east and central Delhi. It draws raw water from the Upper Ganga Canal.

DJB has advised people to use water judiciously. Tankers will be available on the following helpline emergency numbers: Greater Kailash (29234746), RK Puram (26192318), Vasant Kunj (26137216) and central control room accessible at 1916.