The private water tankers in collusion with Delhi Jal Board are raking in ‘cash’ from the day Delhi went for polls fearing the scenario would change if Aam Aadmi Party wins the elections. Although the racket was moderately quite for few months as they believe in making money during summers but this time they are leaving no stone unturned during winters also.
Their illegal activities have increased double fold the day Arvind Kejriwal swear-in as chief minister of Delhi. They have started creating ‘artificial water shortage’ situation in various posh colonies the day Kejriwal announced free water.
The illegal business is run by smart people who are focusing particularly on areas of the Capital which is being let down by Delhi Jal Board. Residents can call a tanker of water over the phone, but they come at a double price.
People in artificially created parched localities now pay anything between Rs 800 and Rs 1,500 for 1000 litres of water. Earlier, they used to pay somewhere between Rs 400 to Rs 800.
For a 5,000-litre tanker, they shell out around Rs 3,000 and for a 12,000-litre tanker, between Rs 5,000 to Rs 7000.
Establishments like hotels and hospitals go for bigger tankers which have a capacity of 24,000 litres, paying around Rs 10,000. “These prices keep fluctuating. As demand goes up, so do their charges,” said Vijay Ojha, a resident of Kalkaji.
Over 2,000 private tankers draw water from tubewells and Delhi Jal Board connection to sell to residential localities and industries at exorbitant rates. Their business is pegged at Rs 400 crore annually.
The ‘water mafias’ have become more active in south and south-west and south-east Delhi, where residents have started face huge shortages and are willing to pay more.
The black marketing of water has been a major problem in the city and was alleged that it was running in collusion with Congress politicians.
The newly-elected government of AAP has taken a vow to put water mafias behind the bars. “We are working consistently on this and we are sure in coming days we will unearth the entire nexus,” Deepak Bajpai, AAP representative, said.
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Their illegal activities have increased double fold the day Arvind Kejriwal swear-in as chief minister of Delhi. They have started creating ‘artificial water shortage’ situation in various posh colonies the day Kejriwal announced free water.
The illegal business is run by smart people who are focusing particularly on areas of the Capital which is being let down by Delhi Jal Board. Residents can call a tanker of water over the phone, but they come at a double price.
People in artificially created parched localities now pay anything between Rs 800 and Rs 1,500 for 1000 litres of water. Earlier, they used to pay somewhere between Rs 400 to Rs 800.
For a 5,000-litre tanker, they shell out around Rs 3,000 and for a 12,000-litre tanker, between Rs 5,000 to Rs 7000.
Establishments like hotels and hospitals go for bigger tankers which have a capacity of 24,000 litres, paying around Rs 10,000. “These prices keep fluctuating. As demand goes up, so do their charges,” said Vijay Ojha, a resident of Kalkaji.
Over 2,000 private tankers draw water from tubewells and Delhi Jal Board connection to sell to residential localities and industries at exorbitant rates. Their business is pegged at Rs 400 crore annually.
The ‘water mafias’ have become more active in south and south-west and south-east Delhi, where residents have started face huge shortages and are willing to pay more.
The black marketing of water has been a major problem in the city and was alleged that it was running in collusion with Congress politicians.
The newly-elected government of AAP has taken a vow to put water mafias behind the bars. “We are working consistently on this and we are sure in coming days we will unearth the entire nexus,” Deepak Bajpai, AAP representative, said.
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