NEW DELHI: More than 700 illegal borewells have been sealed in Delhi following a National Green Tribunal order in January this year, leading to water scarcity in various parts of the national capital and complaints from area residents.
Dwarka, Vikaspuri and Janakpuri are among the areas where borewells have been sealed.
The move has led to water scarcity, despite the DJB sending filled water tankers there.
The Delhi government’s current water policy commits 20,000 litres of free water per month to each household.
"So they asked DJB to mark them red, indicating that the chloride content is very high," she said, adding, the authorities will seal all illegal borewells among those marked red.
Saxena, however, said the sealing process was "difficult" because when the officials started sealing the borewells, the summer season had started and the DJB was facing reduced water supply.
"DJB isn’t able to fulfil the basic need in Dwarka sub-city, due to which people had to use un-regularised measures," Kartik Mohana, a Dwarka resident, said.
"Navratan Bhakta, from Dwarka, said a few officials visited her society and sealed borewells "right away without saying anything".
Few societies showed them some contracts and were saved from sealing.
If they want to seal borewells then they should provide us water.