The consultative committee will be headed by R.K. Bhandari, Member (engineering) of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and comprises several officials from the Delhi Jal Board, Irrigation and Flood Control department and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. They will examine the recommendations made by INTACH and ``suggest ways to implement these in phases''.

The committee's brief also includes suggestions on ways to use the traditional methods of water conservation like on-channel storage, lakes and ponds. The objective is that the groundwater be recharged not just by the Yamuna and the sewers, but by monsoon water as well. INTACH has already elaborated on all these aspects.

Dikshit, nevertheless, added 50 village tanks and 355 ponds to the list of water bodies that the committee is supposed to survey. Regarding tanks, the emphasis will be to check further deterioration of the structures. Ponds are to be cleaned and made compatible for storing more water.

Dikshit also asked the Flood and Irrigation Control Department to begin work on the Najafgarh Drain project quickly in accordance with the recommendations by INTACH. This drain is expected to feed the Yamuna with clean water stored during the monsoons, instead of discharging pollutants.

INTACH's report titled `Blueprint for Water Augmentation in Delhi' also states that roof-top water harvesting and utilisation of Yamuna Flood waters can help cover Delhi's current water deficit of about 200 million gallons daily MGD. While the first is expected to bring 150 MGD of drinking water, when implemented fully five years from now, recycling of sewage is likely to result in 490 MGD of water suitable for irrigation and industrial use.