The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report for 2007 has pulled up the Delhi Jal Board over its poor water management, delayed projects and water leakage resulting in huge revenue loss. The report that was tabled in the assembly yesterday criticised the DJB for failing to keep pace with the rapid urbanisation of the city. There is shortage of 270 million gallon of water per day, as against the projected requirement of 1050 MGD. It stated that the demand and supply gap persisted in the range of 25 per cent to 34 per cent. Referring to the delay in the much-hyped Sonia Vihar water treatment plant in South Delhi, the report read, "Most of its (DJB) projects for augmentation of water production capacity and rationalisation of water distribution in different parts of Delhi have fallen behind schedule compounding the problem of water shortage in the Capital.' While the inefficient leak detection management system resulted in a loss of substantial water from the transmission and distribution network, the report said the DJB sustained a loss of Rs 173.77 crore during 2003-07 due to its failure to rectify meters in time. As against the acceptable norms of 15 per cent prescribed by the urban development ministry, distribution losses in the Capital were as high as 40 per cent of the total water supply. On water situation and management in the city, the CAG has pulled up the government's water agency for inadequate monitoring of water quality. "There was no mechanism in place that could assure the DJB about the purity and effectiveness of chemicals before they were used in water treatment process,' it said. It pointed to an audit scrutiny which revealed that the number of water samples found unsatisfactory increased significantly from .073 per cent in 2002-03 to 1.88 per cent in 2006-07. The much-hyped rainwater-harvesting scheme of the government has also come under the CAG scanner, with report noting that "in 90 per cent, the parties receiving financial help under the scheme did not submit the report to the DJB.' As the DJB's performance was lagging on many counts, the response from RWAs indicated dissatisfaction in terms of sufficiency and quality of water supplied. "The complaint redressal was also poor and the duration of water supply in different parts of the city was highly skewed, the RWAs have alleged,' the report said.