-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday kept its promise of free water - 20 kilolitres per month or an average of about 660 litres a day per family - but it came with a rider and a whammy for bigger water consumers. The rider is that if consumption exceeds 20 kl, you would be billed for the entire water consumed, and the whammy was that...
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Had No Role in Finalising DJB Contracts: Dikshit
-Outlook New Delhi: Under attack after CBI initiated probe into alleged irregularities in award of contract by Delhi Jal Board, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is the chairperson of the body, today denied any wrongdoing and asserted that laid down norms were followed in deciding bids. She said the terms and conditions of tenders were formulated by "technocrats and officers" of DJB and as chairperson she has no role in it. "The Chief...
More »CAG orders audit of flood control, drainage system in Delhi
-NDTV New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma has ordered audit of the flood control measures and the drainage system in the capital on priority basis. The decision to audit the working of flood control mechanism in Delhi was taken in "view of the recent heavy rains which caused serious traffic jams besides flooding of residential areas and airport," sources in the CAG said. The CAG audit, which will cover the...
More »NCERT colony deaths: CPWD shares blame, transfers 2 officials
-The Indian Express The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) on Thursday transferred two officials in charge of the NCERT campus, a week after contaminated water was blamed for the death of two persons. Several others had to be hospitalised. While the CPWD admitted to being at fault partially, sources in the organisation maintained that the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was to blamed as well. According to the CPWD, an assistant engineer and...
More »How Delhiites gave up their right to safe tap water -Shivani Singh
-The Hindustan Times Not very long ago, most Delhi residents drank water directly from the tap. The government utility supplied water twice a day. Some was stored in kitchen containers for drinking and cooking. The rest went to the overhead tanks to be used for bathing and washing. It was not that the municipal supply was very reliable. There were days in the summer when one had to go without water....
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