HC asks DJB to extract water from colony with high groundwater

Expressing concern over high water table in a South Delhi colony where buildings were facing seepage problems, Delhi high court has observed that the water needed to be extracted from there and directed DJB to obtain the requisite permission for it. A Bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva directed the DJB to obtain permission from the deputy commissioner to extract the water from Siddharth Extension area and work out modalities, including the charges, for supplying it to the Railways. It gave DJB three weeks to carry out the exercise. The court passed the order after DJB said that as per orders of NGT, the deputy commissioner’s permission was required.