New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is set to modernise its water distribution system by installing "smart meters" that can digitally track consumption, detect leakages, and curb billing errors, civic officials has said. The body has floated tenders for contractors, marking the start of a Rs.30.84 crore replacement drive that will make NDMC the first agency in Delhi to adopt smart water metering on this scale. Over the next 12 months, about 16,000 mechanical and defective meters will be replaced with ultrasonic Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) devices across New Delhi, said a senior NDMC official privy to the agency's plan. The project will run for five years. "These meters have no moving parts in contact with water, e...