(a) whether the Delhi Development Authority has charged different rates for the water supplied through water tankers in the same areas;
(b) if so, the reason for such discrimination in the same area while the Delhi Jal Board is charging uniform water rates throughout Delhi;
(c) whether the DDA has any plan to hand over water supply in Dwarka to Delhi Jal Board; and
(d) if so, by when?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI AJAY MAKEN )
(a)&(b): The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has informed
that upto April, 2006 five housing societies in Sector-12,
Dwarka were charged Rs.125/- per tanker as a special case
because these societies were not getting piped water supply due
to shortage of water. However, at present there is a uniform
rate of water supply through tankers @ Rs.300/- per tanker for
all the housing societies in Dwarka.
(c)&(d): DDA has informed that it is pursuing the matter of
handing over of water supply in Dwarka to Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
DJB has taken up the matter with Government of Haryana as well
as the Central Water Commission in connection with the
directions from Hon`ble Supreme Court issued on 10.5.2000 in CWP
No. 537/1992. In view of the above, a time frame cannot be
indicated at this stage.