Overview
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta chaired a high-level review and directed agencies to prevent seasonal shortages using constituency and colony schedules for piped supply and tankers.
- Officials pegged demand near 1,250 MGD versus roughly 1,000 MGD supply, with instructions to operate water treatment plants at maximum output.
- The Delhi Jal Board has 168 departmental and 819 hired tankers in service, with about 200 more to be hired if needed, all tracked via a driver app using GPS and delivery photos that residents can view.
- Water quality checks cover about 1,600–1,700 samples daily, with sampling vehicles increasing from 12 to 18 and complaints routed to the 24/7 DJB call centre at 1916 or toll-free 1800117118.
- The government said LPG, petrol, diesel and PNG supplies remain normal and warned of action against black marketing to deter panic buying.