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Price of water
Did you know that on an average, Delhiites have to shell out Rs 119.6 crore each year just because the Delhi Jal Board’s water supply is erratic and completely unreliable? On an average, a household in Delhi spends around Rs 844 every year to reduce the unreliability of water supply, by spending on tanks and bore-wells.
According to Habitat, a quarterly newsletter on housing and urban infrastructure, if you view this in terms of time opportunity costs, this works out to a loss of around Rs 1,012 per household in the Capital.
Moreover, Rs 230 per household is spent each year to make the water drinkable. Another Rs 96 is spent per year by each household on an average to free it from water-borne diseases.
