Delhi govt to waive late payment surcharge on water bills till Dec 31

Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, announced on Monday that his administration will postpone late fees on outstanding water bills until December 31.

In addition, he stated that 85 million gallons of sewage from Keshopur and Najafgarh will be cleaned before flowing into the Najafgarh drain.

As stated by the chief minister, this will decrease the pollution level in the River yamuna by 30%.


"The government has taken a big decision to provide relief to the people of Delhi from the outstanding water bills. Late fee (late payment surcharge) on outstanding water bills will be waived 100 per cent till December 31, 2022," Kejriwal said in a series of tweets in Hindi.



"Sewage pumping stations of 55 MGD cumulative capacity will be built on Badli, Nigam Bodh and Mori Gate drains. The dirty water of these drains will not go into the Yamuna," he said.



The Yamuna flows through Delhi from Palla in the north to Jaitpur in the south, covering a distance of 48 kilometres. Between Wazirabad and Okhla, twenty-two drains having to carry domestic wastewater and industrial discharges enter the Yamuna.

Although the 22-kilometer stretch accounts for less than 2% of the river's length, it accounts for approximately 80% of the pollution in the river.