Rajasthan announces policy for water connections for high-rise buildings

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister of Rajasthan, Mahesh Joshi, has released a new policy
for providing water connections to multi-storey buildings in urban areas, which will benefit over 25 lakh families in
the state. The policy, approved by the cabinet, requires residential welfare associations (RWAs) and developers to
apply for a drinking water connection in the superintending engineer’s office concerned for residential multi-storey
buildings.
The application must include a map of the building, approved by the competent authority, showing the category
(residential/commercial) of all units and the unit-wise carpet area. The definition of a multi-storey building in the
policy is one with a height of more than 15 metres from the plinth. If the ground floor is on a stilt or podium, the
roof/podium level of the stilt floor will be considered for measuring the height.
The policy calculates the domestic drinking water demand in multi-storey buildings according to five persons per flat
in flats up to 1,500 sq feet carpet area and seven persons per flat in flats of more than 1,500 sq feet carpet area. The
cost of infrastructure required by the PHED to provide drinking water will be taken as a one-time fee, calculated based
on the total carpet area of the multi-storey building.
The rates of the one-time fee for residential buildings will be INR 25 per sq foot of the total carpet area and INR 42
per sq foot of the total carpet area in commercial buildings. For multi-storey buildings with mixed usage, the rate will
be INR 25 per sq ft of the total carpet area of the residential area and commercial rates for the part of the building used
for commercial purposes.
For providing drinking water in multi-storey institutional or industrial buildings, the share amount will be payable in
full amount of the actual cost of the departmental infrastructure. The minimum amount of 25 per cent of the one-time
fee will be paid by the RWA or be deposited by the developer. The remaining 75 per cent of the one-time fee will be
payable along with the water consumption bill in 60 equal instalments with 9 per cent simple interest per year.
Under the policy, first preference will be given to providing drinking water connections to residential buildings,
second preference to commercial buildings, and third preference to institutional/industrial multi-storey buildings.
This policy is part of the state government's scheme to provide drinking water connections to multi-storey buildings in
urban areas through the PHED. The policy aims to ensure that residents of multi-storey buildings in urban areas have
access to clean drinking water, which is essential for maintaining good health and hygiene. The PHED Minister has
called for cooperation from RWAs and developers in implementing the policy to ensure that the benefits of the policy
reach the maximum number of people. The policy is expected to have a positive impact on the overall health and well-
being of the people living in multi-storey buildings in Rajasthan's urban areas.

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