A bench of justices B D Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar issued notice to Delhi Pollution Control Committee, Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), all the three municipal corporations and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and sought reports from them by August 17.
The notices were issued to the various agencies after the court noted that monsoon has already arrived in the national capital but none of the agencies have any policy to adopt rainwater harvesting systems in the city.
The court also said that while Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has indicated steps to be taken, it has not mentioned a timeline for the same.
The counsel for DJB said it has launched three rainwater harvesting information centres that will recommend the type of conservation practices to be adopted and also train plumbers and masons in designing such facilities.
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"An NGO, working in the water sector, has partnered with the DJB to run the centres," DJB's counsel said.
The bench also questioned whether rainwater harvesting systems have been installed in the court premises and in government buildings.