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NEW DELHI, MARCH 29. Delhiites along with non-government and other social organisations have started a campaign against the State Government for failing to improve the water supply in the Capital and instead announcing a steep increase in tariff. Spearheading the movement is the Citizen Front for Water Democracy, a forum of several organisations including employees' unions of the Delhi Jal Board, citizens' groups, women's organisations, students and farmers that will be taking out Phase II of its "Jal Swaraj Yatra", a campaign supporting water rights, spreading awareness among people regarding conservation and quality parameters. Last week, the Front had taken out Phase I of "Jal Swaraj Yatra" where it contacted a large number of people, particularly in South, Central, East and West Delhi and collected signatures of around 1.5-lakh people supporting their campaign. This time the Front hopes to garner support for its campaign in rural areas. "The main agenda behind the movement is water conservation, its recycling and telling people about quality parameters. We target to convey our message to over 25-lakh citizens through posters, calendars, exhibition, documentaries, slide shows and street plays. "We will also collect signatures from people on a memorandum highlighting the failures of the Delhi Government on the water front and submit it to the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi," said Sanjay Sharma of the Front. The organisation will also be starting an ambitious project -- Water Literacy for All -- highlighting water related issues like water rights and conservation where the target audience will be mainly schools, citizens, farmers and women. "Our target is to make over 25-lakh people water literate," added Mr. Sharma.
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