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Midsummer water crisis grips Delhi, taps to go dry
By Suhas Munshi
India Today
May 13, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal accuses Delhi Jal Board of running fake
project
Temperature in the Capital is yet to peak, but taps
across the city are already going dry. Demand for water
is rising every day but Delhiites are instead facing
week-long cuts in supply.
Sources claim the demand has reached 1,200 million
gallons per day (MGD) while the supplies of Delhi Jal
Board (DJB ) have stagnated at 835 MGD.
Even by DJB's own estimates of peak demand, which is
pegged at 1,040 MGD, there is a shortfall of 205 MGD.
The supply doesn't account for distribution losses in
DJB's network, which a civil engineering team from IIT-
Delhi put at a staggering 40 per cent last year.
If the distribution losses are taken into account, then
what the city actually gets is not even half of what it
needs.
Crisis to deepen
What's worse, there is no respite in sight. Instead, the
crisis is set to worsen when mercury soars. "It is true
water supply hasn't increased over the past one year, but
this is because we haven't been able to identify new raw
water sources. The issue of Munak Canal is being strongly
pursued with the Centre and the Haryana government," said
DJB spokesperson Sanjam Cheema.
Jal Board officials say recycled water will help them
ensure an additional supply of 2MGD. Its CEO recently
announced that the agency will 'rationalise' water supply
to improve distribution, with 400 new stainless steel
water tankers equipped with GPS. DJB is also studying the
technical feasibility of supplying water to 210
unauthorised colonies.
The measures, however, may have little impact on the
ground. And in any case, they offer no consolation to the
residents who are forced to manage with miniscule supply,
or none at all in several areas.
"The pressure of water supply is constantly dropping. A
year ago, water was supplied twice a day - in the morning
and in evening. Now we get water in our taps at an
unearthly hour - from 3 to 6 in the morning. Over the
past few days, even that is coming at very low pressure,"
said Rajiv Kakria, member of the Greater Kailash resident
welfare association (RWA).
Dependence
Uttam Nagar residents say they haven't received a drop of
water for the past two months. Residents of Sangam Vihar
and Deoli village, who solely rely on water tankers,
recently held a protest outside Delhi Secretariat.
Sanjeev Gulati, secretary of the Soami Nagar RWA, said
area residents spotted a leak in the pipeline due to
which water keeps gushing out throughout the day. Local
DJB engineers were informed but remain indifferent.
People claim that while private tanker suppliers are
cashing in on their plight, even DJB tankers, which are
supposed to distribute water for free, are exploiting
them and openly demanding money.
"Tankers demand not less than Rs.1,000-Rs.1,500 per
visit. With taps gone dry, we have no option but to pay,"
said Anil Bajpai, president of the East Delhi RWA
Federation.
DJB to book you for wasting water
Be cautions next time when your water tank overflows. DJB
officials are on the prowl. To curb mismanagement and
wastage of water by consumers, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB)
is all set to start its summer challan campaign soon.
As every year, the DJB has constituted an enforcement
team to survey areas from where complaints about
pilferage and water theft are reported, and issue
corresponding challans to the residents.
"Spreading awareness and not issuing challans is the
primary role of the DJB's enforcement department," said
DJB CEO Debashree Mukherjee.
"The main reason behind this enforcement department is to
inform people of what the correct practices are. Our
inspectors won't go only to issue challans
indiscriminately. However, if people are found to be
violating norms and repeating offence, they must be
prepared to pay out the stipulated penalties," said
Mukherjee.
Officials said the process of challaning will start
within the next 10 days. Delhi has 19.65 lakh water
connections and according to estimates, around half the
water that goes out of the DJB's reservoirs never reaches
consumers due to wastage, theft and pilferage. Officials
said demand for water goes up by 20 per cent during the
summers.
Apart from issuing challans, the teams constituted by the
DJB will also carry out cleaning or flushing of
underground reservoirs, plug leaks in pipelines and also
check the maintenance of booster plants, among other
activities.
The DJB is now expected to rope in RWAs to conduct a city
wide campaign against the wastage of water.
Ground reality
Here's a look at the depth of the water table in
different parts of Delhi. The falling water table is not
the only bad news. The quality of groundwater too is
deteriorating
Govt fails to keep promise
The Delhi government has not been able to bring in the
promised 80 MGD additional supply of water from the Munak
Canal project despite spending nearly eight years and
Rs.400 crore.
Right after construction on the canal started in 2003, 27
months after which the canal was to become operational,
Haryana backtracked on its word to provide water and has
refused to budge from its position ever since.
According to the spokesperson for DJB, Sanjam Cheema, the
issue of Munak Canal is being strongly pursued with the
Union and the Haryana governments.
Of the 80 MGD water anticipated to come from the canal,
Delhi already built three treatment plants of which 40
MGD was expected to be diverted for the Dwarka water
treatment plant and 20 MGD each for plants in Okhla and
Bawana.
- Mail Today Bureau, New Delhi
More at:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/midsummer-water-crisis-grips-delhi-taps-to-go-dry-djb-sheila-dikshit/1/270725.html
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By Suhas Munshi
India Today
May 13, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal accuses Delhi Jal Board of running fake
project
Temperature in the Capital is yet to peak, but taps
across the city are already going dry. Demand for water
is rising every day but Delhiites are instead facing
week-long cuts in supply.
Sources claim the demand has reached 1,200 million
gallons per day (MGD) while the supplies of Delhi Jal
Board (DJB ) have stagnated at 835 MGD.
Even by DJB's own estimates of peak demand, which is
pegged at 1,040 MGD, there is a shortfall of 205 MGD.
The supply doesn't account for distribution losses in
DJB's network, which a civil engineering team from IIT-
Delhi put at a staggering 40 per cent last year.
If the distribution losses are taken into account, then
what the city actually gets is not even half of what it
needs.
Crisis to deepen
What's worse, there is no respite in sight. Instead, the
crisis is set to worsen when mercury soars. "It is true
water supply hasn't increased over the past one year, but
this is because we haven't been able to identify new raw
water sources. The issue of Munak Canal is being strongly
pursued with the Centre and the Haryana government," said
DJB spokesperson Sanjam Cheema.
Jal Board officials say recycled water will help them
ensure an additional supply of 2MGD. Its CEO recently
announced that the agency will 'rationalise' water supply
to improve distribution, with 400 new stainless steel
water tankers equipped with GPS. DJB is also studying the
technical feasibility of supplying water to 210
unauthorised colonies.
The measures, however, may have little impact on the
ground. And in any case, they offer no consolation to the
residents who are forced to manage with miniscule supply,
or none at all in several areas.
"The pressure of water supply is constantly dropping. A
year ago, water was supplied twice a day - in the morning
and in evening. Now we get water in our taps at an
unearthly hour - from 3 to 6 in the morning. Over the
past few days, even that is coming at very low pressure,"
said Rajiv Kakria, member of the Greater Kailash resident
welfare association (RWA).
Dependence
Uttam Nagar residents say they haven't received a drop of
water for the past two months. Residents of Sangam Vihar
and Deoli village, who solely rely on water tankers,
recently held a protest outside Delhi Secretariat.
Sanjeev Gulati, secretary of the Soami Nagar RWA, said
area residents spotted a leak in the pipeline due to
which water keeps gushing out throughout the day. Local
DJB engineers were informed but remain indifferent.
People claim that while private tanker suppliers are
cashing in on their plight, even DJB tankers, which are
supposed to distribute water for free, are exploiting
them and openly demanding money.
"Tankers demand not less than Rs.1,000-Rs.1,500 per
visit. With taps gone dry, we have no option but to pay,"
said Anil Bajpai, president of the East Delhi RWA
Federation.
DJB to book you for wasting water
Be cautions next time when your water tank overflows. DJB
officials are on the prowl. To curb mismanagement and
wastage of water by consumers, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB)
is all set to start its summer challan campaign soon.
As every year, the DJB has constituted an enforcement
team to survey areas from where complaints about
pilferage and water theft are reported, and issue
corresponding challans to the residents.
"Spreading awareness and not issuing challans is the
primary role of the DJB's enforcement department," said
DJB CEO Debashree Mukherjee.
"The main reason behind this enforcement department is to
inform people of what the correct practices are. Our
inspectors won't go only to issue challans
indiscriminately. However, if people are found to be
violating norms and repeating offence, they must be
prepared to pay out the stipulated penalties," said
Mukherjee.
Officials said the process of challaning will start
within the next 10 days. Delhi has 19.65 lakh water
connections and according to estimates, around half the
water that goes out of the DJB's reservoirs never reaches
consumers due to wastage, theft and pilferage. Officials
said demand for water goes up by 20 per cent during the
summers.
Apart from issuing challans, the teams constituted by the
DJB will also carry out cleaning or flushing of
underground reservoirs, plug leaks in pipelines and also
check the maintenance of booster plants, among other
activities.
The DJB is now expected to rope in RWAs to conduct a city
wide campaign against the wastage of water.
Ground reality
Here's a look at the depth of the water table in
different parts of Delhi. The falling water table is not
the only bad news. The quality of groundwater too is
deteriorating
Govt fails to keep promise
The Delhi government has not been able to bring in the
promised 80 MGD additional supply of water from the Munak
Canal project despite spending nearly eight years and
Rs.400 crore.
Right after construction on the canal started in 2003, 27
months after which the canal was to become operational,
Haryana backtracked on its word to provide water and has
refused to budge from its position ever since.
According to the spokesperson for DJB, Sanjam Cheema, the
issue of Munak Canal is being strongly pursued with the
Union and the Haryana governments.
Of the 80 MGD water anticipated to come from the canal,
Delhi already built three treatment plants of which 40
MGD was expected to be diverted for the Dwarka water
treatment plant and 20 MGD each for plants in Okhla and
Bawana.
- Mail Today Bureau, New Delhi
More at:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/midsummer-water-crisis-grips-delhi-taps-to-go-dry-djb-sheila-dikshit/1/270725.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used
for the educational purposes of research and open
discussion. The contents of this post may not have been
authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion
of the poster. The contents are protected by copyright
law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely
not be read, considered or answered if it does not
contain your full legal name, current e-mail and postal
addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views
expressed by others are not necessarily those of the
poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted
material the use of which may or may not have been
specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This
material is being made available in efforts to advance
the understanding of environmental, political, human
rights, economic, democratic, scientific, social, and
cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that this
constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material
as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the
material on this site is distributed without profit to
those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving
the included information for research, comment,
discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to
USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more
information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article
for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you
must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed by forgery by one
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