The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a Japanese ODA loan agreement with the government of India to provide a loan of up to Y29 billion ($0.36 billion) for the Delhi water supply improvement project.
The project aims to develop a GIS system and improve and replace water supply facilities, including the service network, for customers in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, which has a population of 17 million.
Currently, due to the high leakage rate, Delhi only has water for three hours a day on average. Water supplies are not evenly distributed either because the areas covered by each water treatment plant are not designated according to their capacity.
JICA has been helping to draw up a master plan for improving the water supply since 2009, with a target deadline of 2021. JICA will also undertake technical cooperation to improve the institutional capacity for operation and maintenance, leveraging the know-how of local governments in Japan to optimise the GIS system.
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