All five-star hotels in the city will take a number of environment-friendly steps to cut power and water consumption by September 30, which includes setting up of dedicated sewage treatment plant and solar water heating system.
As many as 32 five-star hotels today signed memorandum of understanding with Delhi Government expressing their commitment to comply with the 'Green Hotel Guidelines' under which they will have to take specific steps to protect the environment and reduce water and energy consumption.
The MoU was signed in presence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, a strong votary of environment-friendly initiatives.
Officials said the five-star hotels in Delhi consume around 14 million litres of water daily and generate nearly 10 million litres of sewage everyday. They said punitive action will follow in case of non-compliance of the directive.
In her address, Dikshit appreciated the efforts of the Environment department for taking an important step to bring all the five-star hotels together and make them comply with the green initiatives.