Water supply hit in vast areas of Delhi as ammonia levels rise

Water supply was hit in vast parts of central, north Delhi, and under NDMC and Delhi Cantonment today due to "dangerously high" levels of ammonia in raw water. The supply got affected as operations at Chandrawal and Wazirabad treatment plants, which supply water to these areas, had to be suspended, Delhi water minister Kapil Mishra said. Operations at the plants had to be suspended this morning due to leakage in the carrier lined channel (CLC) that brings water from Haryana to Delhi. The situation will take at least a day to improve, he said.