The Delhi Jal Board, led by its chairperson Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, undertook a two-day programme this past week to highlight how a public-private partnership (PPP) programme being launched in Nangloi will bring round-the-clock water to each doorstep in the area and dismissed concerns that the water supply system was being privatised.
The water utility has proposed to outsource water distribution and revenue collection on a pilot basis in three areas based on a PPP model. Speaking to consumers on the concluding day of the programme this past week, Ms. Dikshit compared the proposed Nangloi project, wherein a private company will be made responsible for the distribution and supply of the Nangloi water system,
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sheila-rules-out-water-supply-privatisation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-privatisation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi-jal-board-djb
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagpur-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hubli-dharwad
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pricing
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-distribution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
