In a first step to privatise distribution of water in the city, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Tuesday announced that it would award contract for deploying water tankers in five out of eight zones in the national capital to three Indian companies.
The project will cost Rs 600 crore for the next 10 years, starting from next year. Currently, the DJB spends Rs 56 crore annually on its distribution system. Around 385 modern tankers from these companies will replace 750 tankers hired by the DJB currently for water distribution in one-fourth of the city. The DJB has its own fleet of 250 tankers.
The new tankers would have stainless steel containers, which will come in two sizes of three kilolitres and nine kilolitres. The DJP chairperson and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit convened a board meeting on Tuesday, in which the project was finalised and several other key projects were discussed and approved.
Defending the move, Dikshit said after the meeting, 'We do not keep so many tankers, as we do not have any use of them in non-summer months. This step will drastically improve services provided by tankers by checking wastage, diversion of water and unreliability of tanker visits.' The chief minister also hoped that it would end water pilferage and free distribution through tankers from the stranglehold of water mafiosi.
The government hopes that new technology will offer a legitimate rationale for privatising water distribution. It has proposed that each tanker will be fitted with a smart card which will record water volume collected at the filling station. They will also be fitted with GPS devices to record movement.
Talking to Millennium Post, DJB CEO Debashree Mukherjee said, 'The step will provide efficiency, transparency and good quality of water to the dwellers of the city as we were receiving many complaints regarding our tankers. The stainless steel tankers will also improve the quality of water which cannot be provided in the rusted old iron tankers.'
DJB GIVES GREEN SIGNAL TO KEY PROJECTS
After the success of 385 privately owned tankers distributing water in the city, Delhi Jal Board [DJB] gave nod to several key projects at their meeting on Tuesday, which was convened by chairperson, DJB and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
The Board gave approval for the construction of a seven million litre underground reservoir and booster pumping station at Shalimar Park, Shahdara at a total cost of Rs 10.81 crore. Sources in the DJB said the work is likely to be completed within 15 months.
The areas under the command of the proposed under ground reservoir [UGR] and booster pumping station fall at the tail end of the distribution network of the existing two UGRs, which presently feed the area and as a result the residents of the Shahdara ward are facing water supply problems.
However, after commissioning of this UGR, the residents of the Shahdara group of colonies, Bholanath Nagar group of colonies, Shalimar Park, Shalimar Park extension and adjoining areas would benefit by receiving adequate water supply at improved pressure.
In order to prevent leakages of water pipelines and optimise utilisation of available water resources, DJB would replace water lines in Haiderpur, Prashant Vihar, Delhi Cantonment BPS, Mangolpuri, Meera Bagh and Carriappa Marg.
In addition to this, DJB would be replacing pipelines from Haiderpur to Lawrence Road underground reservoir with diameters 1100/800m to 1100/900mm. The overall cost for this project is Rs 12.21 crore.
In Haiderpur, DJB has also approved another project for the installation of three new pump sets of 15 MGD capacity each at Kirari where an underground reservoir is under construction. It would receive water from Haiderpur WTP PH-1. Apart from Kirari, water through this new pump installation would also be discharged to other pumping stations such as CT- 1 Rohini, CT- 2 Rohini, Sultanpuri and Sector- 23 Rohini.
For the first time in India, water treatment recycle plants had been set up, at three of DJB’s water treatment plants to treat and recycle the processed waste water. By doing so, DJB added 37 MGD of additional water to its kitty.
In order to increase the efficiency of its water treatment facility, DJB has also awarded the work of operation and maintenance of the 11 MGD water treatment recycle plants at Wazirabad, for a period of five years, at a cost of Rs 9.39 crore. DJB has also approved the replacement of the 1100 mm diametre west Delhi water transmission main with better MS pipes from the Wazirpur depot to Shukurpur village along the Ring Road.
The project will cost Rs 600 crore for the next 10 years, starting from next year. Currently, the DJB spends Rs 56 crore annually on its distribution system. Around 385 modern tankers from these companies will replace 750 tankers hired by the DJB currently for water distribution in one-fourth of the city. The DJB has its own fleet of 250 tankers.
The new tankers would have stainless steel containers, which will come in two sizes of three kilolitres and nine kilolitres. The DJP chairperson and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit convened a board meeting on Tuesday, in which the project was finalised and several other key projects were discussed and approved.
Defending the move, Dikshit said after the meeting, 'We do not keep so many tankers, as we do not have any use of them in non-summer months. This step will drastically improve services provided by tankers by checking wastage, diversion of water and unreliability of tanker visits.' The chief minister also hoped that it would end water pilferage and free distribution through tankers from the stranglehold of water mafiosi.
The government hopes that new technology will offer a legitimate rationale for privatising water distribution. It has proposed that each tanker will be fitted with a smart card which will record water volume collected at the filling station. They will also be fitted with GPS devices to record movement.
Talking to Millennium Post, DJB CEO Debashree Mukherjee said, 'The step will provide efficiency, transparency and good quality of water to the dwellers of the city as we were receiving many complaints regarding our tankers. The stainless steel tankers will also improve the quality of water which cannot be provided in the rusted old iron tankers.'
DJB GIVES GREEN SIGNAL TO KEY PROJECTS
After the success of 385 privately owned tankers distributing water in the city, Delhi Jal Board [DJB] gave nod to several key projects at their meeting on Tuesday, which was convened by chairperson, DJB and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
The Board gave approval for the construction of a seven million litre underground reservoir and booster pumping station at Shalimar Park, Shahdara at a total cost of Rs 10.81 crore. Sources in the DJB said the work is likely to be completed within 15 months.
The areas under the command of the proposed under ground reservoir [UGR] and booster pumping station fall at the tail end of the distribution network of the existing two UGRs, which presently feed the area and as a result the residents of the Shahdara ward are facing water supply problems.
However, after commissioning of this UGR, the residents of the Shahdara group of colonies, Bholanath Nagar group of colonies, Shalimar Park, Shalimar Park extension and adjoining areas would benefit by receiving adequate water supply at improved pressure.
In order to prevent leakages of water pipelines and optimise utilisation of available water resources, DJB would replace water lines in Haiderpur, Prashant Vihar, Delhi Cantonment BPS, Mangolpuri, Meera Bagh and Carriappa Marg.
In addition to this, DJB would be replacing pipelines from Haiderpur to Lawrence Road underground reservoir with diameters 1100/800m to 1100/900mm. The overall cost for this project is Rs 12.21 crore.
In Haiderpur, DJB has also approved another project for the installation of three new pump sets of 15 MGD capacity each at Kirari where an underground reservoir is under construction. It would receive water from Haiderpur WTP PH-1. Apart from Kirari, water through this new pump installation would also be discharged to other pumping stations such as CT- 1 Rohini, CT- 2 Rohini, Sultanpuri and Sector- 23 Rohini.
For the first time in India, water treatment recycle plants had been set up, at three of DJB’s water treatment plants to treat and recycle the processed waste water. By doing so, DJB added 37 MGD of additional water to its kitty.
In order to increase the efficiency of its water treatment facility, DJB has also awarded the work of operation and maintenance of the 11 MGD water treatment recycle plants at Wazirabad, for a period of five years, at a cost of Rs 9.39 crore. DJB has also approved the replacement of the 1100 mm diametre west Delhi water transmission main with better MS pipes from the Wazirpur depot to Shukurpur village along the Ring Road.