Via The Hindustan Times: Agencies fail to act as residents complain of water contamination. Excerpt:
The tap water in your house, which appears clean, might be carrying a host of germs. Claims of residents complaining about contaminated water have been corroborated by the MCD's health department which claims that a number of water pipelines are crossing through sewerage lines of DJB.
As many as 67 pipelines in the city are crossing through sewerage lines of Delhi Jal Board (DJB). This data was found during an inspection carried over six months by the MCD after it received reports of more than 200 cases of cholera being reported from across the city.
While residents have been complaining to the DJB but they claim till date no action has been taken by the board.
"In our areas the pipelines are very old and were laid nearly 25 years back. Over a period of time they have rusted and sewage water gets mixed with drinking water which is supplied to our area. We have been writing to DJB officials about it but so far no action has been taken. I have been getting numerous complaints from the residents," said Harvinder Singh, general secretary of Lajpat Nagar III Resident Welfare Association (RWA).
He further said that in Lajpat Nagar III, block K, H, F, are facing an acute problem.
"The pipelines that carry the water in our colony were laid many years back and have rusted over a period of time. Hence, initially for at least 20 odd minutes the water that we get is brownish in colour which starts to improve if we leave the tap running for sometime," said Subash Sahni, president of C-4, RWA, Vasant Kunj.
