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An official of the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department said, "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." According to Upendra Kumar, superintending engineer of UP 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 UP, including Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Etah, Hathras and Firozabad, would be disrupted and farmers are likely to face a shortage", as reported by News18.