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No privatisation, says Jal Board chief

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, FEB. 24. The Delhi Jal Board has "not'' accepted the World Bank report on privatisation as the Delhi Government was against handing over the sector to private companies, the DJB Chief Executive Officer, P. K. Tripathi, said here today.

Addressing a press conference, Mr. Tripathi clarified that the World Bank report had only a few sections on privatisation. "The focus of the World Bank report is on improving the internal efficiency of the DJB, bringing transparency, reducing the unaccounted water, adopting new technologies and expediting the projects by preparing the tender documents,'' he said.

Ruling out any involvement of private players in the Capital's water sector, Mr. Tripathi said: "The DJB might become a corporate. But there is no question of privatisation.''

He said that the issue of privatisation has been specifically excluded from the draft bill for a regulatory commission, which has been sent to the Delhi Government by the DJB.

The objective of setting up of a regulator is primarily to ensure that the DJB meets and works in accordance with the standards set by a professionally competent body and is able to realise revenue on the basis of quality of services provided and the cost incurred,'' he said.

Mr. Tripathi said Degremont was not a new entrant to the Capital. "It has been here since 1993 and has successfully executed four projects: water treatment plant at Okhla, sewage treatment plants at Sen Nursing Home, Delhi Gate and Rithala.''

The company was given the contract for construction and subsequent operation and maintenance of Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant much before the commencement of the World Bank study and only after a transparent international competitive bidding.

He said the plant would start treating water from July this year.

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