India, March 26 -- The Delhi government has proposed projects to streamline supply of clean drinking water in the city, which included minimising losses from canals carrying raw water to Delhi, reducing leakages, complete automation of monitoring mechanism along with development and revival of waterbodies, borewells and Ranney wells.

These measures are part of the Rs.9,000 crore allocation to the water and sanitation sector and the BJP government's broader plan to bridge the water demand-supply gap.

Currently, the city's water demand is 1,290 MGD (million gallons per day), while it can only treat and supply 1,000 MGD of water.

The situation worsens during peak summer period when the water demand spikes and the raw water availability in...