Report on Delhi’s water quality employs faulty methodology, appears politically motivated | The Indian Express

Report on Delhi’s water quality employs faulty methodology, appears politically motivated | The Indian Express

Written by Jasmine Shah |Updated: November 30, 2019 12:06:45 pm

The writer works with the Delhi government and is a Fulbright-Nehru Fellow.

Report on Delhi’s water quality employs faulty methodology, appears politically motivated

Even in a best case scenario, the sampling sought out areas with the worst water complaints in Delhi, and tried to make them representative of all of Delhi.

On November 16, the Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan released before the media a water quality report with results of tests carried out on drinking water samples across 21 state capitals of India. (File Photo)

The last week has seen the most bizarre set of events unfold concerning the quality of water in the national capital. This has cast a shadow not just on a reputed institution such as the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the office of a Union Minister of India, but also, unfortunately, large sections of the media.