The Delhi Jal Board will set up 1,000 RO plants with tubewells in unauthorised colonies and water-scarce areas and no fee will be taken for new connections by the government in unauthorised colonies, said an official statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a high-level review meeting on Friday to take stock of new water sources, systematic use of every STP for groundwater recharge and to prepare a new integrated water project for East and North-East Delhi. The review meeting also focused on the speed and efficiency with which water connections were being provided to households in Delhi.
The main focus of the review meeting was to increase the water supply in Delhi, so that sufficient drinking water can be provided from taps in every household of Delhi, it read.
The officials of the Delhi Jal Board conducted a presentation to highlight how the government planned to fulfil the Chief Minister’s vision within the prescribed time period.
The officials also informed the CM that work is going on for several measures to increase the water supply in Delhi and a lot of progress has been made in this regard.
CM Kejriwal also instructed the officials to increase the capacity of water treatment plants and said, “Even though we extract water from tube wells, the government is unable to treat it, because the capacity of many water treatment plants is lower than desired.”
The CM asked the officials to prepare a plan of all the water treatment plants in Delhi and allocate how the recycled water should be best utilised.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Jal Board made a proposal for the demand of Rs 688 crore from the Delhi government for providing new water connections to every household in Delhi.