BIS team sticks to water sample report amid controversy in Delhi

New Delhi: The controversy over drinking water sample collection for scientific tests in Delhi took a new turn on Thursday with a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) team asserting that they indeed took a sample from one Deepak Rai’s house. Rai while speaking on a news channel on Wednesday denied the sample was taken from his house. BIS officials on Thursday claimed to have call details and security entries made by the BIS team which collected the water sample. A row over the tap water quality in Delhi began on November 16, with Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan sharing the findings of a study by BIS, which said that Delhi’s tap water was the worst among major Indian cities. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal rejected the report, saying the city’s water quality cannot be declared as good or bad with just 11 samples. (IANS)

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