(a) whether wastage of water from five star hotels in Delhi has been brought to the notice of the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon including schemes existing with the Government to check such wastage; and
(c) the hotels found violating the laid down norms and action taken thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (PROF.SANWAR LAL JAT)
(a) to (c) As per the information received from the Government of NCT of Delhi, they are aware of this issue and the following steps have been taken to prevent misuse of water.
(i) Signing of a MoU with 33 Hotels in Delhi to complete the task of installation of Rain Water Harvesting System; installation of STP, Solar Water Heating System, Organic Waste Converter and Reuse of treated effluent leading to Zero discharge.
(ii) The hotels have also been asked to obtain permission from Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for ground water extraction.
(iii) Constitution of Committee consisting of the officials from Department of Environment, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), academicians of IIT and Jamia Milia Islamia University to review the progress of compliance by these hotels from time to time relating to Green Hotels Guide- lines. The said committee is reviewing the progress of compliance by these hotels.
(iv) All these 33 Hotels have installed Rain Water Harvesting structures and have installed STPs to treat and reuse the waste water.