Delhi: Law will change to bring sewer, water lines home

TO ALLOW the agency to install household connections for water and sewer in the capital, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Act, 1998, is likely to be modified in an upcoming Assembly session. The decision was taken at a DJB meeting held by the newly appointed water minister Rajendra Pal Gautam Thursday. Presently, the DJB Act maintains that "after obtaining the sanction for water connection from the Board, the delivery pipe shall be laid by the consumer through a licenced plumber at his own cost".