NEW DELHI: Delhi Jal Board has been awarded the international Water Performance Initiative Award, 2014 at the prestigious Global Water Summit held in Paris, France from April 6 to 8. The award was presented during the Global Water Summit, held in Paris earlier this month.
The citation states "DJB successfully weaned itself off state subsidies whilst reducing its debt burden, thus, becoming one of the first utilities in India to cover its O&M costs. It also commends DJB for having revitalised its obsolete billing and collection system, thereby reducing billing cycle, improving accuracy and developing a robust customer database. DJB made sustained efforts to tackle the city's tanker mafia and secured a safer service for its vast client base".
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