As part of its ongoing drive against wastage of water, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) collected over Rs 16 lakhs in the last one month by imposing spot fines against those whose overhead tanks were found to be overflowing.
The drive is being intensified to ensure that there is no crisis of water supply this summer.
Newsline found another possible cause: dirt. Kharak Raveda village has no sewage network, its streets are full of cowdung, sewage and puddles; illegal supply lines are drawn from tubewells
NEW DELHI: Water consumers who switch on their motors to fill their overhead tanks and then forget to switch them off will now have more to worry about than just inflated power bills. The Delhi Jal Board has decided to penalise such consumers who waste water by letting their tanks overflow.
A major breach in the Yamuna flowing near the Bawana area in Outer Delhi on Sunday forced the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) authorities to shut down its 140-MGD (million gallons a day) water treatment plant (WTP) at Haiderpur and the 40-MGD Nangloi WTP, the main source of water supply to West and Southwest Delhi.
With summer round the corner, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has regulatory plans up its sleeve to put a cap on all leakages.
While the Jal Board is fixing its own leaking pipes, senior officials said the DJB is also launching a special drive from next week to penalise consumers found wasting water.
