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DIAL siphons off water

DIAL siphons off water Airport operator yet to comply with directive to reuse water

the Delhi airport is getting its swanky makeover with illegally extracted groundwater that is used for construction and other purposes.

The private consortium operating the airport, Delhi International Airport Limited (dial), is extracting 9 million litres of water a day (mld) without permission from the Central Ground Water Authority (cgwa), said Aditya Singh, scientist with Delhi government