AGRA: The Jal Sansthan is having a tough time managing water supply in the city as the level of Yamuna water reached its minimum level of 480 feet at the Jeevani Mandi water works station. To ensure sufficient water supply to the treatment plant, so that the machines there can operate properly, the Jal Sansthan has developed a 450-meter-long canal . The flow of the Yamuna has diverted as a third bridge is being built on the river.Agra needs an average of 350 million liters per day (MLD). On Friday, however, it got only 215 MLD - 95 MLD from Jeevani Mandi water works station and 120 MLD from Sikandra, the other water treatment plant in Agra. As a result, over a dozen localities in the city suffered inadequate water supply.The Jeevani Mandi facility is equipped with five water pumps to lift raw water from river Yamuna, which is treated before being sent for domestic supply. As the level of Yamuna water hovered around the minimum level at the plant, the Jal Sansthan dug out a 450-meter canal to increase its flow and ensure ample supply at Jeevani Mandi.General manager of Jal Sansthan RS Yadav said, “The national highway authority of India (NHAI), during the construction of a third bridge across Yamuna, has diverted flow of the river towards Rambagh, away from the water works station. Besides, water level of the river has reached its minimum level. The matter has been brought to the notice of higher authorities. The canal has been dug to maintain a steady water supply.”Meanwhile, the Jal Sasthan has asked the NHAI to divert the flow of river Yamuna back towards the Jeevani Mandi plant.

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