Water supply in Delhi, U.P. districts likely to be hit as Ganga canal closed for maintenance
The Hindu
The canal will remain closed till November 5 for maintenance work
Water supply to Delhi, Noida and Agra is likely to get affected due to maintenance work of the Ganga canal here which was closed on Friday, an official of the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department said.
According to Upendra Kumar, superintending engineer of U.P. Irrigation Department, the canal will remain closed till November 5 for maintenance work, affecting water supply in the national capital and Uttar Pradesh.
Water supply at 19 districts in U.P., including Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Etah, Hathras and Firozabad, would be disrupted and farmers are likely to face a shortage.
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