Monday, July 13, 2009

Monsoon update for New Delhi

RAIN

Saturday remained cloudy but showers gave the city a slip till evening. Humidity recorded between 59 and 83 per cent, making it sticky and uncomfortable. The India Met Department predicts a cloudy Sunday without possibility of rain

Over to the weatherman: "Most parts of India are receiving moderate to heavy rain but monsoon system over Delhi is very feeble. We can't predict whether we will be able to catch up with last year's rainfall"

Delhi received 143.7 mm rain last July

POWER

DEMAND peaked at 3.58 pm on Saturday at 4,041 MW.

Average demand was around 3,600 to 3,900 MW

NO SHORTAGE reported; there was no load-shedding on Saturday, say discoms

WATER

LEVEL OF YAMUNA at Wazirabad pond showed an upward trend on Saturday: it stood at 673.6 feet, against Friday's 673 feet.

TOTAL PRODUCTION of potable water went down to 670

million gallons (MGD), against 685 MGD on Friday

Due to low level of water in Western Yamuna Canal, production dipped to 203 MGD at Haiderpur water treatment plant, against 202 MGD produced on Friday

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