June 30 target set for completing rainwater harvesting work: L-G

Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Taranjit Singh Sandhu connected Thursday directed each civic agencies to marque rainwater harvesting systems afloat operational earlier the monsoon and acceptable June 30 arsenic the deadline to implicit desilting, repair and attraction works crossed the Capital.

At a reappraisal gathering connected monsoon preparedness, Mr. Sandhu asked agencies to measure the full h2o retention and recharge capableness of existing rainwater harvesting systems successful Delhi. According to officials, the Delhi Development Authority, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the New Delhi Municipal Council were instructed to implicit pending structural repairs, cleaning of pits and chambers, and attraction of rooftop pipes earlier June. Mr. Sandhu said the metropolis needed a wide appraisal of the installed capableness of rainwater harvesting structures to assistance aboriginal readying and h2o conservation efforts.