<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Bengaluru stadium to get treated water supply for IPL matches amid crisis" appearing in India Today dated 21.03.2024.</p>
Two back-to-back meetings between Delhi and Haryana on Monday failed to break the deadlock over the supply of water to the Capital, as the crisis deepened with the three treatment plants continuing to
Instead of managing the distribution of water properly, the Delhi government held Haryana responsible for the water crisis in the national Capital, said the BJP. Delhi unit chief of the BJP, Vijendra
“Put in extra efforts during next two-three months so that no tangible complaint is received” Consumers who fall within the Delhi Jal Board's service area and are in the billing net should get water for least an hour-and-a-half every day, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit instructed the water utility on Wednesday. Ms. Dikshit, who is also the Chairperson of the Board, chaired a meeting of the DJB officials, issuing terse instructions to improve the service and focus on equitable distribution of water.
New Delhi: Ruma Roy has spent Rs 6,000 on purchasing water from private tankers in the past one month and a half. Her house in south Delhi’s Gulmohar Park has been getting Delhi Jal Board supply only once
JAIPUR: The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has agreed to fund the drinking water supply projects in the Alwar district of Rajasthan worth Rs. 1,132 crore. The state government on Wednesday also gave its consent for these projects. The three schemes sanctioned by the state government are water supply to Alwar city from Chambal river, upgradation of distribution system, 24/7 water supply in urban areas of Tijara, Behror, Rajgarh and augmentation of urban water supply scheme at Bhiwadi.
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The acute spatial and temporal variations in precipitation patterns have greatly influenced water resources planning, management, and development in India. Specifically, these patterns have led to the
AMRAVATI: The state government is diverting scarce water resources in the drought-prone Vidarbha region to private thermal power plants. However, a state energy department official dismissed figures of
The Delhi Jal Board, led by its chairperson Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, undertook a two-day programme this past week to highlight how a public-private partnership (PPP) programme being launched in Nangloi will bring round-the-clock water to each doorstep in the area and dismissed concerns that the water supply system was being privatised. The water utility has proposed to outsource water distribution and revenue collection on a pilot basis in three areas based on a PPP model. Speaking to consumers on the concluding day of the programme this past week, Ms. Dikshit compared the proposed Nangloi project, wherein a private company will be made responsible for the distribution and supply of the Nangloi water system,
A steep hike in water rates without any transparency has shocked consumers in Mysore resulting in protests and demonstrations demanding a rollback. Water rates of both domestic and commercial consumption have been raised three-fold from May 1. The minimum charge of Rs 60 has gone up to Rs 175 from May 1. The MCC has however defended the steep rise by saying it had been raised throughout the state. Among those who opposed the hike was former minister and sitting N R constituency MLA Tanveer Sait (Congress).
