Sources from Gurgaon stated that india cricket captain virat kohli has been fined by the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation for wastage of drinking water at his house in the city. Meanwhile the Rs 500 fine was imposed after a domestic help was found cleaning a car with running water from a pipe outside Kohli's DLF Phase 1 residence here.
Public Relation Officer, Gurgaon Municipal Corporation, S S Rohilla told "A penalty of Rs 500 was immediately imposed as per rules on Wednesday and the fine amount was also remitted. The worker was using running water to clean the car, leading to wastage of water”. Furthermore he said various teams of the civic body go around inspecting water wastage in the city and had taken cognizance of the matter and added that Gurgaon has a canal based water supply system.
The officer said "We issue advisories from time to time, requesting people to judiciously use drinking water. Whether supply water or groundwater, if spent like this gets wasted. In this case, the worker could have used bucket instead of running water”. Moreover he said this was not a standalone case in which penalty has been imposed for wasting water, adding lot of times people are found wasting water during gardening as well.
