PUBLIC GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM DELHI JAL BOARD Complaints in Delhi Jal Board are lodged at Water Emergencies through website of CM’s ‘Aap Ki Sunwai’, ‘LG’s listening post, ‘SMS’, ‘Police Control Room Hotline and ‘Central Control Room’. There are 25(twenty five) Water Emergencies which are situated centrally in different zonal areas. The detailed list of these water emergencies together with the name of concerned Junior Engineers, Zonal Engineers and Executive Engineers and Zonal Revenue Officers with their contact numbers is given in ‘Annexure I’. The complaints are lodged at these water emergencies either in person or through telephone/website. 1. Central Control Room : The complaints at the Central Control Room (CCR) are attended by the Hotline of 1916 having four lines and three telephones (011-23538495, 23527679, 23513073) and one direct Hotline through Police Control Room. The Mobile number of JE (CCR) is 9650291021. CCR being at the nucleus monitors the 25 water emergencies regarding the complaints on CM’s and LG’s websites and forwarding those received directly on hotlines and telephones. 2. Police Control Room: Police Control Room hotline is fixed in CCR Cell of Delhi Jal Board which operates round the clock. Complaints from Police Control Room which require urgent action are received through this hotline. Most of the complaints through this hotline are regarding missing man-hole cover, un-authorised water connection, un-authorised boring etc. After receiving the complaints in CCR through this hotline, these are transferred to concerned water emergency within one hour for taking necessary action. 3. CMs’ Aap Ki Sunwai : To redress the grievance of public against the departments of Delhi Government and local bodies etc., Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi has opened a website namely “Aap Ki Sunwai”. On this website (www.155345.in), general public lodges the complaints pertaining to Delhi Jal Board and different departments. The public can also lodge different complaints directly through telephone No. 155345. The complaints of Delhi Jal Board are opened by the Computer Operators posted at different water emergencies which in turn forward the same to the concerned engineers. The Computer Operator after taking the feedback from the concerned officials/ Engineers furnishes the Action Taken Report (ATR) on the website. The action is taken by the department in three steps: (a) Firstly it is assigned to the concerned officer who starts work on it and finally completes the work. (b) After completion of work the complaint is posted on website as redressed. (c) If no action on the complaint is taken by the concerned official within 21 days from its posting on website, then the complaint is taken suo moto by the Public Grievance Commission (PGC) for hearing. 4. LG’s Listening Post : LG’s listening post operates through website (www.155355.nic.in) on which general public can lodge the complaints pertaining to Delhi Jal Board and various departments of Delhi Government and local bodies etc. The complaints of Delhi Jal Board are opened by the Computer Operator of various water emergencies for forwarding the same to the concerned engineers for necessary action. The computer operator after taking the feed back from the concerned engineers/officials furnishes the Action Taken Report (ATR) on the website. 5. SMS : SMS facility has been provided by the Delhi Jal Board to general public for effectively redressing their complaints in time bound manner. Moreover, it is more convenient for the consumers to lodge the complaint. In this mechanism complaint is lodged by the consumer through SMS on telephone number 54646. The SMS complaints are categorized into the following categories: (a) Water not available DJB(space)W (b) Water tanker required DJB(space)T (C) Water contamination DJB(space)C (d) Water leakage DJB(space)L (e) For sewer blockage DJB(Space)B (f) For missing manhole cover DJB(space)M (g) For rain Water harvesting DJB(space)R (h) For meter problem DJB(space)MT (i) For billing problem DJB(space)BL In addition to making a SMS, consumer can lodge complaint on website through link posted on main website of DJB (delhjalboard.nic.in). Call Centre after receiving complaints through SMS or website link contacts the consumer telephonically for taking the details of consumer and giving complaints’ number in the form of complaint ID. The Detail of complaints lodged by consumer are opened through a link called SMS complaints on website of delhijalboard by computer operators posted in 25 water emergences who in turn forward the same to the concerned engineers for attending the complaints promptly. The concerned engineers inform the computer operator about the redressal of the complaint and computer operators close the complaints accordingly showing them redressed and forward the same to call centre. The call centre then confirms the redressal of the complaints to the consumers. M/s Mobineers Consultancy Services has been engaged as a Consultant for the Call Centre and their contact numbers are given Below: Office: 011-2384087 S.No. Name Telephone Nos. 1. Athar 9910333722 2. Anjam 9210468116 3. Parvez 9650334377 -------------x-----------x---------