Published on: 26/04/2011
Some 385 primary schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have no water purifiers. They are supplied by water tankers of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). A recent study by the MCD health department showed that 18 per cent of tanker water supplied by the DJB is contaminated. Therefore the health department recommends that children bring water from home. Chief Minister and DJB chairperson Sheila Dikshit denied that the water board's water was contaminated.
Out of the 1,361 schools that have been fixed with water purifiers, some 50 are not working, says MCD Education Committee chairman Mahendra Nagpal. Thirty-five MCD primary schools have no water supply at all.
The MCD runs 1,746 primary schools, which enrol more 900,000 children.
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Source: Indian Express, 06 Apr 2011
