Tughlakabad to get piped water in a week: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday visited the Tughlakabad Assembly constituency in South Delhi where he told the residents that the work of laying pipelines in the area has been completed and water supply will start within a week.

As of now, people in the area mostly rely on tankers and illegal borewells for water. Kejriwal on Saturday kicked off a public outreach campaign, under which he will take out foot marches in all 70 Assembly constituencies in the national capital.

The residents of Tughlakabad told the Chief Minister that though Delhi Jal Board water tankers reach them regularly, they would like to get water directly in their taps. Kejriwal said, "Pipelines have been laid. You will get water in your taps within a week. There's no need for water tankers now." The area will get water from the Sonia Vihar water treatment plant.

On Saturday, Kejriwal told the residents of Deoli that they will get steady water supply through DJB pipelines in four months. "Once the pipelines are laid, you will start getting water from Sonia Vihar... I have got to know that DJB tankers don't come here regularly and you have been buying water from private tankers," the Chief Minister, who is also the utility's head, had said.