Rationing water is CM’s solution to crisis
14 Jun 2012 1:51 AM GMT
An emergency meeting was called on Wednesday by Delhi Chief Minister and Chairperson Delhi Jal Board [DJB] Sheila Dikshit to discuss the severe water crisis in the city.
Dikshit chaired the high level meeting, which was attended by Chief Secretary PK Tripathi, CEO DJB Debashri Mukherjee and all chief engineers, at DJB Headquarter, to take stock of the present water supply situation in the Capital.
After the meeting, Mukherjee said, ‘We need to regulate direct tapping of water. We will also cut the water supply by five hours of those areas where the water supply is 24 hours at present to supply water to the affected areas and tail-end areas.’
According to the CEO, areas that get 24-hour water supply are those which are close to water treatment plants in the city, including Rohini and Civil Lines.
‘We know the people of these areas will raise their voice against us, but we have to do this for equitable distribution,’ added Mukherjee.
In the meeting, Dikshit instructed to ensure supply of drinking water for a period of one and half hours in all localities coming under the network of DJB piped water supply.
Dikshit also stressed upon the need of immediate complaint redressal. A telephone number will also be given to the dwellers of the city, on which Chief Vigilance Officer will be available to look into the matter.
Dikshit, while making an enquiry into installation of GPS facility on tankers, stressed on quick commissioning of tanker supervision system to ensure tankers are available on specified routes and at specific time.
The CM also discussed problems being faced by DJB, concerning the availability of raw water from Haryana.
At present, Haryana is supplying 385 cusec and not the stated 425 cusec, to Haiderpur plant. As a result, the present production at Haiderpur has come down to about 192 MGD as against the normal production of 210 MGD. The shortage of 18 MGD results in a shortage of water causing hardship to a population of approximately one million, particularly in view of the rising temperature in Delhi.
The current average demand of potable water in the city is around 1,100 mgd [million gallons per day] and currently DJB supplies around 800 mgd water across the city after treating raw water in its treatment plants.
Sources said that Dikshit asked DJB staff to put extra efforts during next two-three months so that no complaint is received.
DJB was also told to ensure that there was no wastage, leakage and tapping of water across Delhi. It was also decided to overcome the situation of low pressure and no supply due to illegal tapping.
Around 25 per cent of water is lost through leakages and illegal tapping. The DJB has been instructed to straightway disconnect illegal tapping and take help of police wherever necessary.
Meanwhile, engineers were also asked to inspect underground reservoirs [UGRs] and tanker filling stations on a daily basis. At present there are 34 UGRs in the city.
Dikshit further told the CEO to daily ascertain the quality of drinking water and to disseminate the figures related to samples tested in the labs.
Dikshit chaired the high level meeting, which was attended by Chief Secretary PK Tripathi, CEO DJB Debashri Mukherjee and all chief engineers, at DJB Headquarter, to take stock of the present water supply situation in the Capital.
After the meeting, Mukherjee said, ‘We need to regulate direct tapping of water. We will also cut the water supply by five hours of those areas where the water supply is 24 hours at present to supply water to the affected areas and tail-end areas.’
According to the CEO, areas that get 24-hour water supply are those which are close to water treatment plants in the city, including Rohini and Civil Lines.
‘We know the people of these areas will raise their voice against us, but we have to do this for equitable distribution,’ added Mukherjee.
In the meeting, Dikshit instructed to ensure supply of drinking water for a period of one and half hours in all localities coming under the network of DJB piped water supply.
Dikshit also stressed upon the need of immediate complaint redressal. A telephone number will also be given to the dwellers of the city, on which Chief Vigilance Officer will be available to look into the matter.
Dikshit, while making an enquiry into installation of GPS facility on tankers, stressed on quick commissioning of tanker supervision system to ensure tankers are available on specified routes and at specific time.
The CM also discussed problems being faced by DJB, concerning the availability of raw water from Haryana.
At present, Haryana is supplying 385 cusec and not the stated 425 cusec, to Haiderpur plant. As a result, the present production at Haiderpur has come down to about 192 MGD as against the normal production of 210 MGD. The shortage of 18 MGD results in a shortage of water causing hardship to a population of approximately one million, particularly in view of the rising temperature in Delhi.
The current average demand of potable water in the city is around 1,100 mgd [million gallons per day] and currently DJB supplies around 800 mgd water across the city after treating raw water in its treatment plants.
Sources said that Dikshit asked DJB staff to put extra efforts during next two-three months so that no complaint is received.
DJB was also told to ensure that there was no wastage, leakage and tapping of water across Delhi. It was also decided to overcome the situation of low pressure and no supply due to illegal tapping.
Around 25 per cent of water is lost through leakages and illegal tapping. The DJB has been instructed to straightway disconnect illegal tapping and take help of police wherever necessary.
Meanwhile, engineers were also asked to inspect underground reservoirs [UGRs] and tanker filling stations on a daily basis. At present there are 34 UGRs in the city.
Dikshit further told the CEO to daily ascertain the quality of drinking water and to disseminate the figures related to samples tested in the labs.
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