New Delhi. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that the Delhi government plans to set up 500 water ATMs to provide drinking water purified through the ‘Reverse Osmosis’ (RO) process to people in slums and other densely populated areas. The Chief Minister inspected an RO plant at Khajan Basti in Mayapuri and inaugurated a water ATM.
He said that four such ATMs have been installed and there is a plan to install a total of 500 ATMs in the first phase. The Chief Minister said that every person would be provided with an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) card by the Jal Board, through which he would be able to take 20 liters of water daily from the ATM. For taking water in excess of the prescribed quota, a fee will be charged at the rate of Rs 1.60 per 20 litres.
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Poor people of Delhi will also get clean water
Kejriwal said, ‘As we all know that there is RO facility in the homes of rich people, now with this facility the poor people of Delhi will also get clean water.’ He also said that these ATMs will be installed near slums where there is no water pipeline and water is supplied through tankers. Kejriwal and Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman and water minister Saurabh Bhardwaj also drank purified water from the RO plant. According to the official statement, two tanks of three thousand liters have been installed in the Khajan Basti plant.
Water ATMs installed in Delhi Jal Board Shakurbasti, Kalkaji and Jhadoda
The Chief Minister said in a tweet, ‘In the mission of providing clean water to every house in Delhi, we are doing a unique experiment like installing water ATMs. Wherever water is being delivered by tanker, these ATMs will be installed there. He also said that the Delhi Jal Board has installed water ATMs in Shakurbasti, Kalkaji and Jhaoda. Under the project, 50 RO plants of 30 thousand liters capacity will be set up near different slums. Bhardwaj told that about 2500 cards have been made available to the residents of Khajan Basti for free water from ATMs.
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Tags: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Govt.
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 24, 2023