New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it had made it mandatory for a property of 500 sqm or more to have provision for rainwater harvesting.
The agency also informed the court that it had been making efforts to promote rain water harvesting in the national capital.
A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was further informed by the DJB that to encourage rainwater conservation, it has adopted a method of "awarding subsidy in water bills" to consumers who have installed rainwater harvesting systems.
Filing an affidavit, Parveen Kumar Bhargava, chief engineer (planning) water, DJB, said plots having an area of 2,000 square metres or more with functional rainwater harvesting system are granted 10 percent rebate in the water bill.
On non-compliance with the provision, "the tariff applicable on the consumer increases by 1.5 times", the affidavit stated.
You may also be interested in:
Odisha to Launch Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Scheme
The bench was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate R.K. Kapoor seeking to make rainwater harvesting mandatory for both residential and commercial buildings here.
The court had earlier asked the DJB to submit its report on efforts made by it to promote rainwater harvesting.
The DJB said it has provided rainwater harvesting systems in 151 installations and provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs.82 lakh in another 172 cases in the institutional category for providing rainwater harvesting systems.
"The rainwater harvesting cell of DJB provides technical assistance to individuals for rainwater harvesting," the affidavit said, adding that "DJB has provided the information regarding rainwater harvesting on its website."
It said two NGOs have been roped in to create public awareness and promote community participation to implement rainwater harvesting.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that India is rapidly moving towards "integration"
In the game of cricket, fans just wait for the day when the teams of India and Pakistan (India Vs
Yogi Adityanath's government in Uttar Pradesh will help girls become self-reliant by giving them
India saved 35 thousand crores by buying oil from Russia, and US-Europe objected
Recently, the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sam
Sudipta Sen's advisor sent to four day CBI custody
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) A local court Sunday sent Shivnarayan Das, said to be an advisor of Sara
Under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, Pakistani woman Seema Haider hoisted the tricolor at her hou
DGCA Action: DGCA's big action on SpiceJet, 50 percent flights banned for 8 weeks
Action Against SpiceJet: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), taking major action on
According to the Forbes list, Gautam Adani, the world's fourth richest person, has said that unde
11 crore accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana: Modi
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The government has exceeded its target of opening bank accounts before
China is once again giving a loan of $1.3 billion to Pakistan which is on the verge of bankruptcy
