Arvind Kejriwal accuses Delhi Jal Board of running fake project

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the Delhi Jal Board of connivance in corruption through its projects commissioned to two foreign firms, Degremont and Veolia. The party demanded an independent probe into the matter.

Allegations 

• Arvind Kejriwal said, "The government has awarded a project worth Rs.516 crore to Degremont to reduce the non revenue water (NRW) in Malviya Nagar, but there is no NRW. This is a fake project and this burden will fall on the consumers(/Common Man) in the end."
• He alleged that the government has given a contract to Veolia in Nangloi for treatment and distribution of water and collection of bills at Rs.14.99 per kl, while DJB is doing the same work for Rs.2.90. This will turn into a Rs.5,000 crore scandal. In the last decade, corruption to the tune of Rs.10,000 crore happened in the DJB,
• Kejriwal said the documents with him show that DJB has inflated production figures (showed False increase in the quantity of water)  in the Sonia Vihar plant commissioned to Degremont in 2006.
  The documents of the Uttar Pradesh government, which is responsible for supplying water to the plant, show a mismatch between the water supplied to the plant and water produced after treatment.
• Kejriwal said Degremont and Veolia had been blacklisted by many countries because of corruption and inflation in water prices.

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