Delhi Jal Board will provide 20 kilo litres water per month free of cost to every household in the city from Wednesday. A decision in this regard was taken at the Board meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejrwial in Koshambi, Ghaziabad this evening.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Jal Board CEO, Vijay Kumar said that the benefit will be provided to the people who have functional water meter. He, however, said that the household using more than 20 kilo litres water per month will be charged for the entire consumption.

Reacting to the decision, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that it is duty of any responsible government to provide lifeline water to the citizens. On the social networking site, twitter, he said that it is wrongly being said that the decision to supply of free water of 20 Kiloliter is only for three months but it is for good. Mr. Kejriwal said an amount of 160 crore rupees will require for supplying of free water per year and 40 crores rupees for the remaining current Financial Year.