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Sheila presents water conservation awards

Staff Reporter

`At 200 litres per day per person, Delhi is among world's highest water consuming cities'

EDUCATING CHILDREN: Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit greets an awardee as TERI director general R.K. Pachauri looks on during the prize distribution ceremony of `Jal Jaagruktaa', a school education project on water, in New Delhi on Friday. -- Ph oto: S. Subramanium

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday said while it was the responsibility of the Delhi Jal Board to supply water and ensure its equitable distribution, people should engage in water conservation as the supply of raw water cannot be increased to meet rising demand due to certain constraints.

Speaking at an award ceremony at The Energy Research Institute here, Ms. Dikshit said the Delhi Jal Board produces approximately 685 million gallons per day of water and presently this cannot be increased due to raw water constraints. "Supplying drinking water to about 140 lakh people, with an additional five to six lakh floating population is a challenging job for DJB," she said, adding that the Board still manages to produce an average of 200 litres of water a day for every person in Delhi, making it one of the highest water consuming cities in the world.

Shortfall

Stating that still there was a shortfall of 170 MGD per day of water, the Chief Minister said water conservation would be an effective tool for minimising the impact of this shortfall.

At the award ceremony, students and teachers who participated in various events conducted under "Jal Jaagrukta", a school education programme initiated by TERI with support from the Delhi Jal Board, were felicitated. Ms. Dikshit handed out the prizes during the ceremony and released the resource material-handouts, bookmarks, notebook labels and other dissemination information developed during the project.

Speaking on the occasion, TERI Director-General R.K. Pachauri observed: "Water is one of the most critical natural resources, the scarcity of which is increasing all over the world. It is necessary to educate our children regarding water issues as they are the ones going to be most affected by water-related problems we are just beginning to face."

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