Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
In order to benefit around 1.35 lakh residents, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today commissioned the 7.8-million litre capacity Qutubgarh Underground Reservoir (UGR) and Pumping Station. This is an important step in providing piped water supply to the residents living in unplanned areas. The commissioning of the project is aimed …
The National Green Tribunal directed DMRC to explain why they dumped construction waste on Yamuna floodplains and why they shouldn't be fined Rs 5 lakh for it. NGT had issued a show-cause notice to DMRC after petitioner Manoj Misra submitted several photographs of concrete dumped on the riverbed along NH- …
Even while bureaucrats prepare reports on Yamuna riverfront development amid raging debate on the suitability of the Sabarmati model, a scientist from Jamia Millia Islamia has come out with a plan to use the river's floodplains for solving the capital's water crisis. Contrary to proposals of building on them and …
Tuglakabad, Sangam Vihar and Deoli all set to get supply of drinking water through piped lines within one week For seven lakh residents of Tuglakabad, Sangam Vihar and Deoli, good days finally seems to be coming with these areas all set to get supply of drinking water through piped lines …
Every year the state and union budgets raise hopes that the Yamuna may after all soon get a new lease of life. In fact, the Delhi government's budget has been making the exact same promise for seven years. Providing sewerage in urban villages and unauthorized colonies and laying interceptor sewers …
The Delhi government doesn't have data on implementation of rainwater harvesting systems in city buildings, departments or flyovers. Through a notification in 2001, the government had made it mandatory for new buildings on a plot area of 100 square metres and above to have water harvesting systems. This admission by …
Stuck on a waterlogged road, many of you would blame the monsoon for your misery. This report should dispel that notion. In its audit of Delhi's drainage, desilting and flood control measures, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has unearthed systematic fraud and neglect, showing how taxpayers' money is …
The Delhi Jal Board approved projects of over Rs 285 crore for laying water pipelines, construction of waste water treatment plants, relocation of water mains, upgradation of infrastructure for water pipelines and preparation of Master Plan, 2031, for sewerage system. The board approved the proposal for the laying of internal …
In a significant move to control pollution in the Yamuna, the city administration has undertaken a comprehensive project that will include water transportation and beautification of all the ghats in Delhi. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) will spend over Rs 25,000 crores to set up an “interceptor sewer project” to …
Lakhs of people living in unauthorised colonies across the city will finally have water and sewerage facilities as the Delhi Jal Board is clearing a range of projects on Tuesday. At a board meeting, the water utility gave its go-ahead to a 33-km-long distribution and peripheral pipeline in Swaroop Nagar, …
L-G reviews Yamuna plan, assigns responsibilities to public agencies. If all goes according to plan, the Yamuna will be restored to its glory of yore. Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung has made the holistic development of the river the foremost priority of the administration. At a review meeting at his office here …
In a step to check pollution levels in the Yamuna, Delhi government on Tuesday said that it has undertaken a comprehensive interceptor sewer project to ensure that water from drains is treated before being discharged into the Yamuna. “Around 70 per cent of pollution in the river will be reduced …
NEW DELHI: The capital will have to spend another Rs 25,000 crore to clean up the Yamuna and provide sewerage connections in unsewered areas. The figure was quoted at a review meeting on the river held by LG Najeeb Jung on Monday. The LG has asked work on several sewerage …
Babubhai Navalawala, a water expert from Gujarat, appointed head of the advisory group With the city facing acute shortage of drinking water, Delhi lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday instituted an advisory group of experts to work out a comprehensive action plan and create task forces to execute it to meet …
The adviser to the Gujarat government on water issues, Babubhai Navalawala will now head an advisory group that will "guide the Delhi government on issues related to water management". Navalawala, a former secretary in the ministry of water resources and a water expert, has also been associated with the Sardar …
River’s condition can’t improve unless 100% sewage is treated” The major source of the Capital’s water is also the destination for a large amount of its raw sewage, as treatment plants are being underutilised and sewage is flowing into the Yamuna. As per the Delhi Jal Board, which is responsible …
The Delhi Jal Board has decided to install more than 500 water ATMs in areas facing severe shortage of drinking water all across the city. The Jal Board has also decided to release water supply to about 400 unauthorised colonies to benefit about 1.5 lakh people. At a high-level meeting …
Will Help DJB Draft A Plan; 500 Water ATMs In The Pipeline The adviser to Gujarat government on water issues, Babubhai Navalawala, is expected to guide Delhi government on water preservation. Navalawala will meet officials of Delhi Jal Board and lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung at Raj Nivas on June 19 …
The first leg of the sewage interceptor system, held up by the Delhi government as the only solution to the Yamuna problem, is expected to be complete by 2014-end. The entire project, that involves laying of parallel conduits along the three main drains in Delhi and upgrading sewage treatment plants, …
A 13-member team of Delhi state government was on a study tour of the Sabarmati riverfront on Thursday. The team, led by environment and forests secretary Sanjiv Kumar, included officials from Delhi Jal Board, urban designers and horticulturists. The objective of the tour was to analyze as to how the …
