Residents of the capital forced to drink dirty water
The residents of the capital are suffering from water crisis and are being forced to drink dirty water.The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday accused the city government-controlled Delhi Jal Board (DJB) of supplying dirty potable water to residents.
The issue was taken up in a meeting of MCD’s standing committee, the civic agency’s highest decision making body. According to the MCD, in 2008 the number of cholera cases was 932. In 2009, the number was 1066 and in 2010 (till July) it is 159. Even after getting a detailed report on dirty water supply, the DJB is yet to take any action.
‘The residents of the capital are suffering from water crisis and are being forced to drink dirty water. They are affected by various water borne disease. If immediate steps are not taken by the executive member of the DJB, judicial action should be taken against them,’ said Standing Committee Chairman Yogender Chandolia.
Over 34,041 water samples were collected from various places last year out of which 2,345 samples were been declared unfit for drinking. This year till July 1, nearly 15,647 samples were collected and 1,768 samples were declared unfit for drinking. ‘Even after getting a detailed report on dirty water supply, the DJB is yet to take any action against the concerned officials. Drinking dirty water causes water-borne disease and the problem becomes worse during the monsoon,’ he alleged.
The C-Block in Lajpat Nagar-II has about 170 families, who have been getting dirty, stinking water for the past 10 days. Several complaints made by residents, however, have not yielded any result.Dr Prakesh Jhurani told “The water is so dirty that we fear it might cause stomach infections, cholera, typhoid and other water-borne diseases among the residents.”
Failing to draw the attention of DJB authorities, a delegation of local residents met Tarvendra Singh Marwa, a Congress MLA from the locality on Thursday and sought his help in the matter. Marwa said, “I will bring the problem to the chief minister’s notice. I don’t understand what is taking the DJB so much time to work it out.”
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