Delhi government waives off water bills
Arvind Kejriwal has once again given a big gift to Delhiites. On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a scheme. In this, he has waived their outstanding water bills. The people who have functional meters in their homes will get the benefit of this scheme.
Only consumers who have installed meters before 30 November will get the benefit of this scheme. Late fees of consumers who have functional meters in their home will also be waived.
Under this scheme, 100% of the bills of people of E, F, G, H category in Delhi till 31st March will be waived. 25% bill of A, B category will be waived. 50% bill of C category will be waived. Under the E, F, G, H category, 10 and a half lakh people will benefit.
Arvind Kejriwal said that “the government will earn 600 crores from this scheme. This will also improve our economic condition. Will write a letter to all water consumers of Delhi.”
Kejriwal said that consumers can get meters of their choice. This information will have to be given in the nearby water board. The help of door step delivery can also be taken to install the meter. In Delhi, there are arrears on 13.5 million people. Now they will get direct benefit of it.
During this, Arvind Kejriwal said that in 2015, when he took charge of Delhi, there was a bad situation in the water sector. Before 2015, water bills used to come, but there was no water. We have made improvements in many areas in the last 5 years. Some issues have come up. The infrastructure of water has changed. 58% of the colonies had pipelines and the remaining colonies carried water from tankers. Today, in 5 years, 93% of the colonies have pipeline, in the remaining 7% of the colonies work has stopped due to a legal bottleneck. Many closed treatment plants have been restarted.
Cheap water in Delhi like electricity
Delhi Chief Minister said that there is a shortage of water in Delhi, Delhi needs 1200 MGD water. Our government has increased production of 125 MGD water since 2015. Earlier only 820 MGD was produced. We won the Munak Canal case, which started the treatment plant at Dwarka Bawana. Our government has controlled the theft of water, the tanker mafia is now isolated. The tanker mafia used to run because of political patronage. The current government MLA does not run any tankers.
Arvind Kejriwal said that we want to give water to Delhi for 24 hours. 24 hoursclean water is available abroad, on tap without RO. We want the same in Delhi. In the next 5 years, in clean, good pressure, we will be able to give water for 24 hours without RO. In the next 5 years, production of water will increase by 30 to 40%. Today, like electricity, the cheapest water is available in Delhi.
The Chief Minister of Delhi said as of 1 August 2019, more than 23 lakh water connections were installed. The dues has gathered too much. Many people do not get a bill for months. The problem of getting bills without reading has also come to light. We have started a new billing system. Meter readings are taken from the tab. Reading has to be done by going to the location from the tab.
