New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday pulled up the Delhi Metro for not providing free drinking water or toilet facilities to commuters inside the stations, asking whether it has lost “a sense of human problems”.
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Show us the data and reasons for not providing these facilities. You have this policy in place for the last 14 years,” the bench said.
Advocate Kush Sharma, appearing for petitioner Kush Kalra, argued that water should be provided free of cost and also raised the sanitation issue, saying all metro stations do not have toilets and dustbins.
“The single judge abdicated from performing its constitutional duty by not directing the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to ensure availability and accessibility to free and clean water in so far as he refused to pass directions observing that DMRC is taking the necessary steps for providing clean drinking water at all the metro stations,” the plea said.
However, the counsel for DMRC said they were providing clean water at all stations and even toilets were there, but it was not free. He said drinking water is sold at Rs 2 for 250 ml and Rs 5 for one litre and water coolers cannot be installed at the platform level due to hygiene issue.