Supply water is undrinkable, says public in Delhi's New Ashok Nagar

The only metropolitan city where people can drink tap water safely is Mumbai as all its samples complied with Indian standards, the minister said.

The samples were taken from the capital cities of 20 states apart from the national capital. "It was done in keeping with the objectives of the Jal Jeevan Mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Paswan said.

On the directions of the ministry, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), a national body that makes quality standards for products and services, had decided to undertake a study of the quality of piped drinking water being supplied in the country. It also framed quality standards for tap water.

In Delhi, all the 11 samples drawn did not comply with the requirements of the BIS. The samples failed in several of the parameters.