The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi Police over the findings of an RTI application that water bills worth Rs.232 crore has allegedly not been paid.
Seeking the Delhi Police’s response, the move came after the green bench heard a petition filed by an activist Sanjay Kumar, who submitted his application citing the RTI report.
The RTI filed by an advocate had earlier revealed that several police stations have not paid their water bills for years and their outstanding charge run into several crores.
Late fees
Some of the bills are so old that even their late payment charges are in crores.
The RTI Zonal revenue office in Giri Nagar attached outstanding bills of Amar colony and Sriniwas Puri police stations.
The outstanding water bills of the stations stand at Rs.26.26 crore including Rs.21.33 crore as late fee.
Also, the Kalkaji Police Station has an outstanding bill of Rs.1.74 crore out of which a major portion of Rs.1.23 crore is late fee.
The Delhi Police maintained that they are yet to crosscheck the figure as the department has various building and units working under it across the city.
Notices have also been issued to the Delhi Jal Board, the Delhi government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee over the issue of non-payment of water bills.
The Delhi Police maintain that
they are yet to crosscheck the figures
