NEW DELHI: In what seems to signal the beginning of privatization of water distribution and maintenance of water supply lines, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is likely to kick off a pilot project in Vasant Kunj where a private player would be allowed to manage water distribution in the colony.
New Delhi: Several parts of southwest, west, northwest and north Delhi will have to go without water or get a reduced supply in the coming few days, after poor quality of raw water being supplied to the Nangloi and Haiderpur water treatment plants (WTP) reduced production in the WTPs by about 10%.
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has voiced concern about the quality of drinking water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board after testing several water samples.
More than 50,000 people fall prey to contaminated potable water in the Capital every year. According to the Health Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the number of people who were caught by various waterborne diseases due to the consumption of impure water was 53,956 in 2007 while the number increased up to 59,065 by 2009.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, already receiving flak for poor management during the monsoon season, on Wednesday claimed that more than 1,700 samples of water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board was unfit for drinking.
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has commissioned two state-of-the-art plants: the 1 MGD sewage treatment plant (STP) and 1 MGD water treatment plant (WTP) at the Commonwealth Games Village. The plants will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said that it has taken suo motu cognizance of the media report, alleging that out of 53 samples of drinking water taken from various areas in Delhi by a non-government organization (NGO), only two were found potable.
Shocked by the quality of drinking water supplied in several parts of Delhi, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Delhi Jal Board chairman giving them a month to explain their stand.
