Atishi inspected the pump house
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Water Minister Atishi inspected the pump house located at Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant on Sunday morning along with senior officials of Delhi Jal Board and Urban Development Department. Recently, Delhi received unexpected rainfall. Normally, Delhi receives 800 mm rainfall during the entire monsoon season, but two days ago, 228 mm rainfall occurred in just 24 hours. Due to this, water entered the pump house located at Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant. Due to this, the motors of the pump house were damaged.
Due to unexpected rains, the pumping house of Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant got flooded, damaging the motors.
Due to this, supply was disrupted in many parts of Central Delhi. Jal Board has worked quickly to solve this problem and the plant has been almost 80% repaired, and… pic.twitter.com/HVCKLUQGXM
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) June 30, 2024
Water is supplied to many areas of central Delhi through this pump house, but due to damage to the motors of the pump house, the supply was disrupted in these areas. In this regard, Water Minister Atishi inspected the pump house on Sunday. Here she found that the Jal Board has worked quickly to drain out the water from the pump house and repair the motors. The repair of the motors has been completed and now the water supply will also become normal and people will not have to face any problem.
Along with this, Water Minister Atishi directed the officials that all the concerned departments including Delhi Jal Board, Urban Development Department should do a joint inspection of the plant and prepare a plan on that basis, so that such problems do not arise in any plant in future.
