Jal board aims to install bulk meters by October

NEWDELHI: The Delhi Jal Board, in its board meeting on Wednesday, is expected to start implementation of the ambitious bulk water meter project, to plug leakages in the utility’s network, prevent water thefts and help water audit on a daily basis.

According to DJB vice-chairman and Sangam Vihar MLA Dinesh Mohaniya, the work order for this project will be passed in its board meeting on Wednesday.

“We are eyeing an October deadline to finish the project. Over the past couple of years, Delhi Jal Board has improved its performance and undertaken a number of measures for efficient management. This (project) will boost efficiency of the DJB by cutting down on the huge amount of water loss,” Mohaniya said.

Last week, Delhi finance minister and deputy CM Manish Sisodia, while presenting the budget for 2018-19 at the Assembly, announced the project of installing bulk water meters. These meters will be installed at all the water treatment plants, primary and secondary UGRS and tapping to prevent water theft and it will help water audit on daily basis.

“You will be surprised to know that there is no bulk meter anywhere to know how much water comes to Delhi and how much of the total water is supplied to which colony. In the last 70 years, we do not have any data to know how much water is supplied to which colony, water stolen and lost to due to leakages till date,” Sisodia had said.

“In the review of last Outcome Budget it comes to notice that 47 % of the water in Delhi is nonrevenue water. It means, Delhi Jal Board does not know that its water lost due to theft or leakage,” he said.

As part of the project, the DJB plans to upload the entire data on bulk water meters on website so that citizens of Delhi get to know how much of water is being supplied to their colony. NEWDELHI: Two women allegedly used their six-year-old girl to steal ₹1 lakh in east Delhi’s Shahdara on Monday, police said. However, the cash owner caught the two women and alerted the police.

The victim, Sunita Garg, wanted to deposit the cash at a bank and had hopped onto an e-rickshaw. Minutes later, the girl and the two women also boarded the same vehicle.

Garg said that the child’s behaviour was drawing her attention, but she realised what she was up to only after the girl had gotten off the e-rickshaw. But Garg reacted quickly to nab the other two women and call the police.the police managed to trace the girl and seek the whereabouts of the money.

THE BULK METERS WILL HELP THE WATER UTILITY TO PLUG LEKAGES IN THE SUPPLY NETWORK, PREVENT THEFTS AND HELP TO CONDUCT DAILY AUDIT OF WATER USE