NEW DELHI: To stop the commercial use of water and make it available to consumers, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday decided to withdraw water connections to bottling plants, cooling plants and for selling or packaging of water in jars, cans, bottles and others.
In order to stop the commercial use of water and make this potable water available to consumers, the Board decided to withdraw water connection to bottling plants/cooling plants/selling/packaging of water in Jars, Canes, Bottles, Glasses etc.
"The Delhi Jal Board has decided to allow the street side water vendors to fill up their vending machines from any legitimate source of water. It was decided to allow them fill their vending machines looking at the cheap rates at which they sell water and their usability to the people, especially as summers are approaching. The board today only rectified a decision taken earlier in its meeting," the Board said in a statement. "Wherever the water is available through water connections in such units, it is directed to disconnect it from the ferrule and where there is borewell or groundwater source in such units, it is directed to immediately write to the area SDM to seal such borewells," the DJB said in the statement.
The Delhi Jal Board approved several measures of public good in its meeting held under the chairmanship of Delhi Jal Board.
"The statement also said that it would recommend to the MCDs that no licence should be issued for these units," said the Board meeting.
Presently, sewerage generated in this area flows through open drain and falls into river Yamuna or pollutes Groundwater through septic tanks. The proposed project aims at effective abetment of pollution in river Yamuna and its catchment by providing a comprehensive wastewater collection & disposal system. This will also provide better sanitation and pollution free living conditions to the residents of these colonies.
The Jal Board has also accorded approval of laying sewer line in Swaroop Nagar GOC under the catchment of Sewage Pumping Station at Guru Nanak Dev Colony near Vijay Chowk in Badli Constituency at an estimated cost of Rs 81 crore, in a step towards overall improvement in the wastewater management system.
In a bid to improve water supply and augmentation, the board has accorded approval of replacing 1,000 mm dia PSC Mangolpuri water main from Prashant Vihar red light to Peeragarhi UGR, for which the estimate cost would be Rs 25 crore. Replacement of left out portions of Pitampura and North-West main from Haiderpur WTP-I to MU Block, Pitampura UGR and OHT Pushpanjali Enclave, will also be done.