The Aam Aadmi Party  Government in Delhi today fulfilled one of its most important promises of giving relief to domestic consumers of drinking water.

Despite his bad health, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today chaired meeting of the Delhi Jal Board and took a policy decision that domestic consumers, having functional meters consuming up to 20 Kilolitres of water per month will be exempted from making payment of water bills.Aam Aadmi Party has always been in favour of optimum use and conservation of water.

The party had promised in its manifesto that "JALMITRA' families, spending only upto 700 litres of water per day, will get the water free of cost. Families spending over and above this limit will have to pay the full bill. And families spending more than 1,000 litre per day will be charged with higher tariff. Party's initiative was to stop wastage of water.

The party had promised in the manifesto to apply this system of differential water tariff within 100 days of forming the government. But the promise has been fulfilled on the first working day after swearing-in of the government.People making late payment of water bills will also benefit from today's decision.

Benefit of the scheme will also be extended for the Late Payment Surcharge waiver and 30 per cent rebate n arrears up to 31st March 2013.As per the decision taken today, water consumers consuming more than 20 Kilolitres per month will be required to to pay the full bill amount as per the water tariff which has been increased by 10 per cent.