Another resident, Ms Sehgal, said her family uses tap water for washing vegetables and for other non-drinking purposes only. Four months after the pilot phase was launched in Navjeevan Vihar in Malviya Nagar, residents say they haven’t used tap water for drinking purposes even once and still rely on water filters. 

A government official said that for the project to be successful, it would need to spread more awareness and clear misconceptions among the people about the project. It will also help it in saving water from overflowing as consumers will have the facility to use direct water supply from taps by closing the inlet of overhead tanks. Four months after the pilot phase was launched in Navjeevan Vihar in Malviya Nagar, residents say they haven’t used tap water for drinking purposes even once and still rely on water filters. We are always suspicious about drinking from it,” she said.Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, while talking about the project in February said, "In Europe and America, the government guarantees good quality water directly from taps. 

Representational image  wholesale instant electric water heater tap New Delhi: In March this year, the Delhi government had inaugurated a pilot project of providing 24x7 quality drinking water supply in a locality in South Delhi, under which it had said that people could drink water directly from taps — just like in Western countries.Residents claim water supplied not 100 per cent clean. My husband is in the business of water supply and he checked the quality. "I first thought we should try drinking tap water but it didn’t appear to be very clean.. Soon it will be done in other zones also. 

The project was launched with a view that the 24x7 supply will improve water pressure and enable the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to bypass the overhead tanks and booster pumps. After two years of hard work, our government is going to give the same guarantee in 11 zones. Similarly, Nupur Verma, a student, said, "We can’t trust the claims that the water from the taps is clean”. "We can’t drink from the tap because we are not used to it

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