CUT WATER SUPPLY TO VIPS IF SHORTAGE IN DELHI: CM ARVIND KEJRIWAL

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SK MALIK

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Mar 26, 2015, 12:12:59 AM3/26/15
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CUT WATER SUPPLY TO VIPS IF SHORTAGE IN DELHI: CM ARVIND KEJRIWAL
 
Wednesday, 25 March 2015 - 9:17pm IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI
 
 
"There should be no politics over water. This year if there is any shortage of water, then Delhi Jal Board should ensure that it is felt by everybody. Water supply shortage will be faced by all the VIPs starting from me. Only Prime Minister, President, embassies and emergency services will be exempted," Kejriwal said.
 
As the city stares at water crisis in the peak summer months, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued direction to cut supply to even VIPs barring the Prime Minister, the President and the diplomatic missions if there was shortage of water in Delhi.
 
Speaking in the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal said in case of any water shortage, it will be felt by all VIPs except a few and attacked BJP-ruled Haryana for "cutting" supply of raw water to the city after the Delhi polls.
 
"There should be no politics over water. This year if there is any shortage of water, then Delhi Jal Board should ensure that it is felt by everybody. Water supply shortage will be faced by all the VIPs starting from me. Only Prime Minister, President, embassies and emergency services will be exempted," Kejriwal said.
 
Currently, all VIPs including Union and Delhi ministers, MPs and top bureaucrats get uninterrupted water supply.
 
The DJB had alleged that since the AAP came to power, supply of water from Haryana through Munak canal has dropped substantially.
 
It has been maintaining that due to reduction in supply of raw water from Haryana, the production of potable water at its Water Treatment Plants in Dwarka, Bawana, Nangloi and Haiderpur has dropped considerably.
 
The current average demand for potable water in Delhi is around 1,100 million gallons per day (mgd) and the Delhi Jal Board supplies around 800 mgd water across the city after treating raw water in its treatment plants.
 
The demand is projected to touch around 1,400 mgd by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan in 2017.
 
Delhi relies heavily on neighbouring states such as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for the supply of raw water. Large parts of the city witness severe water shortage during summer months.

Pradeep Taneja

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Mar 26, 2015, 5:56:45 AM3/26/15
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A good gesture of treating every body  equal. congrats to kejriwal

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Arun Banerjee

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Mar 26, 2015, 5:57:22 AM3/26/15
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Good decision by Delhi govt.. 

Mar 26 2015 : The Times of India (Delhi)
CM TO TELL DJB - `Don't shield VIPs from water crisis'
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New Delhi: From now on, VIPs will have to face water shortage along with the common man.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said, “I will tell Delhi Jal Board that if there is a water shortage in future, even VIPs should bear the brunt.Only the President, Prime Minister, hospitals and embassies should be left out.The rule should apply to everyone else, including me, cabinet ministers of state and Centre, and other VIPs,“ said Kejriwal.

The direction has been welcomed by many as VIPs, especially those living in NDMC areas, are supplied the highest per capita water in Delhi. “In case of a shortage, the supply needs to be regulated to ensure that everyone continues to get wa ter, even if it is reduced. For instance, if GK is getting water twice a day , during a shortfall the supply will be reduced to once a day . It has been a practice to ensure that VIPs are not impacted much during a crisis,“ said a source.

Sources said that since the issue of water is often political, it only made sense that the aam aadmi was not left to battle it alone.

The chief minister also raised the issue of water supply to the city from Haryana. “On order by the court in November 2014, water supply from Haryana had improved but as soon as the results of the exit polls started coming in and when AAP formed government, the supply was reduced again,“ he said.





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