Inside the Old City


 
 
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Inside the Old City

Inside the Old City: In the past, Mughal Delhi’s famed canals had brought not only fresh drinking water to homes, but also water for other domestic uses. This excellent system of water supply and drainage was neglected in the nineteenth century.

  • The system of wells (or baolis) and channels to remove household waste were damaged. This was at a time when the population of the city was continuously growing.
  • The broken down canals could not serve the needs of the Shahajahanbad's  ever- growing population.
  • At the end 19th century , a new system of open surface grains was introduced , but that system too was soon overburdened.
  • The Delhi Municipal Committee was not willing to spend money on a good drainage system in the old city , whereas millions of rupees were being spent on drainage system in the not-so-populated New Delhi area .
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