TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said his government is aiming to provide clean and potable piped water 24×7 to every single household of Delhi by 2024 and urged the Central government to increase Delhi’s share of water which has remained unchanged since 1994.
For the same, Kejriwal also met Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in his office along with Delhi Cabinet Minister Satyendar Jain.
Earlier in the day, while laying the foundation stone of a water treatment plant with a capacity of 47.7 crore litres per day here, Kejriwal said the aim of his government is to make R.O. filters and tankers redundant by making universal coverage of tap water supply a reality.
Speaking about the project, Kejriwal said: “the government is launching the construction of a 47.7 crore litre water treatment plant at Chandrawal today which will help supply clean drinking water 24×7 to 22 lakh people living in the command area of this plant, that is, the people of Chandni Chowk, Rajendra Nagar, Civil Lines, Patel Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi, among others.”
