The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) had launched three pilot projects for 24-hour
water supply in the city under the PPP model and based on its results
the scheme would be applicable to the entire national capital.
Delhi is set to host a conference wherein activists such as Medha
Patkar, Vandana Shiva and Himanshu Thakkar will speak at a day-long
conference on 'Water Privatisation: Learning from Indian and
International Experiences' on Tuesday.
The conference will be open for public. A team from Bolivia, which
has seen privatisation of water supply and its effects, is likely to
make a presentation.
Along with the activists, Ajay Kumar (Member of Parliament, Jharkhand
Vikas Morcha), Arvind Kejriwal (Aam Aadmi Party), Naresh Sirohi (BJP)
who are set to deliver 'political opinion' on 'Water as Human Right:
Governance and Social Issues'.
"India is also promoting PPPs in water sector despite being a
signatory to the UN Resolution of 2010, which recognises 'Right to Water
as a Human Right'," said SA Naqvi of Citizens Front for Water
Democracy.
The Front along with Focus on the Global South in partnership with
PEACE and Water Workers Alliances are organising the day-long conference
to be held at Indian Social Institute, off Lodi Road.
The activists will discuss and debate the PPP model in water sector
in India and learn from different states' experience and plan strategies
to "protect water as a common good, which cannot be privatised and
commodified", he said.
The recently revised National Water Policy 2012 also foresees the
minimisation of the government's role in water services and promotes the
involvement of private parties through PPP model, encouraging
commercialisation of water services.
with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK
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