DJB: Taking steps to fix Janakpuri supply purity

More than two months after residents of Janakpuri’s A Block flagged the alarming levels of sewage in their tap-water, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has detailed a series of short-term and long-term measures being taken to fix the issue, according to an affidavit submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday.

- Aheli Das

This comes days after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) submitted fresh test results showing that five out of six water samples lifted from the area on June 30 tested positive for total coliform and E. Coli.

The CPCB findings were submitted to NGT on July 15. In May, CPCB had reported that E. Coli and faecal coliform were found in six of 20 samples lifted from the same neighbourhood.