It seems that the already scorching summer is all set to get hotter in national capital as the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to halve its potable water supply to hotels and hospitals.

DJB has declared that the present norm of 450/350 litre per head per day for hotels and hospitals will go down to 200 litres.

The Board also asked these establishments to generate their own water by recycling and treating the waste.

Due to short supply, now each hospital and hotel would get 200 litres less per person who stays in these establishments on any given day. Till now, the figures were 450 litres per head in hospitals per day; and 350 litres to hotels under the same parameters.

Apart from this, the DJB, in order to promote water conservation, has decided to give incentives to those buildings in the city which adopt measures to save the precious resource.

Giving this information, Ramesh Negi (CEO, DJB) said: “When we revise the tariff next time, there will be incentives for those buildings undergoing regular audit for water conservation.”

However, the DJB has not yet specified when this incentive system would be put into practiced.

The Board is also concentrating on regulating norms related to waste water management in certain catagory of buildings to meet the increasing demand.

"In case of hotels where water is being provided 350 cubic litre for each person, we are going to reduce it to 200 cubic litre and the rest will be supplemented through their own recycling and waste management processes," Negi added.

It should be noted here that Delhi alone faces acute water shortage as 45 per cent of the city is unplanned. The DJB is equipped to supply not more than 850 MGD.