New Delhi, Sep 23 - Taking serious view of the fact that a locality in east Delhi has not been receiving water supply for the past 87 days, the Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and asked it to ensure water supply there.

A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan said: 'DJB will ensure water reaches to every home in the locality.'

The court asked the chief engineer of the DJB to formulate a plan so that water reaches every home in the locality and asked him to submit the plan Sep 26, the next date of hearing.

DJB had in its reply to the court said: 'The area is situated at the tail end, so low pressure sometimes leads to erratic supply from the Bhagirathi water treatment plant.'

It pointed out that the population of the area has almost doubled over the years, leading to a rising demand for drinking water compared to the supply.

Counsel for DJB submitted that the board will supply water with the help of tankers and added that due to some technical problems it was not in a position to supply water by pipelines.