Cold, clean drinking water will be available at 670 kiosks all over the Capital free of charge, with the Delhi Jal Board getting ready to install the ‘e-Piaus’ near bus stops, at markets and other busy spots.
One of the initiatives included in the Aam Aadmi Party’s agenda, the kiosks are meant to provide affordable and safe drinking water to people on the move.
DJB CEO S.S. Yadav on Wednesday told The Hindu that the tender document for the project had been prepared and would be floated within a week.
“The project will be on the PPP model, with the DJB providing the water either through our piped network or via tankers and the contractor responsible for operations and maintenance of the kiosks,” said Mr. Yadav.
The contractor will get advertising rights to recover the cost of the infrastructure and operations. Each kiosk will also have one attendant who will give out paper cups to the users. The kiosk will dispense 200 ml servings.
The DJB identified the locations for the kiosks in coordination with MLAs, with each Assembly constituency getting an average of 10 kiosks. In Sadar Bazar constituency, for example, the kiosks will come up near the bus stops at Anand Parbat, Shastri Nagar, Azad Market Chowk, and the Pratap Nagar Metro station. The Karol Bagh constituency will see 10 kiosks, including at the busy Gaffar Market and in Paharganj.
The DJB will extend the piped supply network where possible, and deploy tankers in areas like the unauthorised colonies where there is no access to piped water.
