Source: India.com, New Delhi, May, 2017 :- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is
likely to set up 97 rain water harvesting (RWH) pits in the New Delhi area by
the August end. The pits, having the storage capacity of 1700 cubic metre of
water, will be commissioned at Chankya Puri, Sarojini Nagar and Gole Market
areas at a cost of Rs 320 lakh. According to NDMC chairperson Naresh Kumar, the
location for setting up of the RWH pits were decided after consultation with
Central Ground Water Board. He said that the setting up of these pits would
help to ease the water scarcity problem in the NDMC area and more such arrangements
would be made in the different localities of New Delhi.