Gujarat’s Babubhai to guide Delhi govt over water supply issues


New Delhi, 18 June 2014

To guide Delhi government on water preservation, the adviser to Gujarat government on water issues, Babubhai Navalawala will meet officials of Delhi Jal Board and lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung at Raj Nivas on June 19. Navlavala is expected to guide the agency on drafting a water and sewer master plan and other issues.

On Tuesday, the LG reviewed DJB’s working and has asked it to improve supply. For starters, Delhi will get over 500 water dispensation machines which will work like ATMs. About 10 such ATMs are being installed in southwest Delhi and will become operational by the first week of July. Within three months, over 50 ATMs will come up in various resettlement colonies