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 …
Unhappy over Delhi government not initiating proper action against illegal and unauthorized borewells operating in the capital, National Green Tribunal has sought the presence of senior officials of Delhi Jal Board on the next date of hearing. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar passed the order, saying …
Delhiites who have benefitted from the Aam Aadmi Party government’s free-water scheme may continue to get the subsidy if the State Government responds to the Delhi Jal Board’s plea for funds before the first billing cycle in April. At a meeting of the Board on Tuesday, members brought up the …
New Delhi: The water subsidy promised by the Aam Aadmi Party is most likely to come to an end on March 31, 2014. At the budget meeting of Delhi Jal Board, the matter came up for discussion and the members decided to refer the matter to lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung …
Heavy penalty for dumping malba and garbage in open drains and by the roadside in the city could soon become a reality. The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked the civic agencies “why in addition to a meagre fine provided under the Municipal Corporation Act in this regard, the Tribunal …
Delhi government today directed the deputy commissioners to take strict action against complaints of commercial exploitation of ground water, even as it asked the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to re-advertise applications for registration of water tankers in the city. "There are about 2000 water supply tankers in the City. However, …
Heavy penalty for dumping malba and garbage in open drains and by the roadside in the city could soon become a reality. The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked the civic agencies “why in addition to a meagre fine provided under the Municipal Corporation Act in this regard, the Tribunal …
Lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday directed the Delhi Jal Board to prepare an action plan within two weeks to meet the water scarcity during summers. The L-G told the DJB to ensure effective implementation of the free water scheme announced by the AAP government. In order to ensure that the …
Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday directed the Delhi Jal Board to ensure effective implementation of the free water scheme announced by the erstwhile Aam Aadmi Party Government. He also asked the DJB to prepare a summer action plan within the next fortnight to devise efficient ways to ensure there is …
With President’s rule in place in Delhi, Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday held a meeting with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials, directing the water utility to ensure effective implementation of the free water scheme announced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. “The Lt-Governor directed the DJB to ensure effective …
Harvesting It Is The Only Way To Keep Capital’s Depleting Groundwater Levels In Check New Delhi: With groundwater levels dipping across Delhi, and really fast in some areas, rainwater harvesting is the one tool the government has to ensure that the city has recourse to some internal source of water. …
Untreated waste flows into Yamuna for third time in 10 days For the third time in the past 10 days, ammonia levels in the Wazirabad pond have overshot the permissible limits due to release of untreated industrial and domestic waste from Haryana. The Delhi Jal Board was on Thursday forced …
The Chairman of the Upper Yamuna River Board today requested the Haryana government to spell out their plans in order to stop the flow of untreated industrial and domestic waste being released through drains in Panipat into the Yamuna. Due to untreated water, the level of ammonia has increased in …
Maintaining that Delhi cannot depend on neighbouring states Uttar Pradesh and Haryana for its potable and non-potable water requirements, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said his government was thinking of sustainable measures to meet the capital’s water needs in the long run, including water recycling. “When it rains, there …
Its inspection team finds high concentration of industrial, domestic waste in the river An inspection team of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today identified the high concentration of industrial and domestic waste being discharged into the Yamuna in an untreated form as the major source of pollution in the river. …
A day after production at two of Delhi’s major water treatment plants had to be curtailed by 50 per cent after raw water from Haryana came laden with industrial pollutants, the water utility announced resumption of normal production on Tuesday as the pollutants were diluted. “The matter of rise in …
Haryana, UP Industries Release Untreated Waste; City Water Plants Not Fully Equipped New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board had to reduce production in two major water treatment plants by half after ammonia levels in raw water spiked on Monday. This is not the first time DJB has been forced to …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board started full production at its Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants on Tuesday after the pollution load in the raw water started reducing. Both plants had worked to only half their capacity on Monday after levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had gone up drastically. …
DJB cuts production at two water treatment plants by half Delhiites will face water scarcity over the next couple of days because of a spike in industrial pollutants in the Yamuna, forcing the Delhi Jal Board on Monday to cut production at the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants by …
Chandrawal and Wazirabad water treatment plants were forced to curtail production by 50 per cent due to high levels of pollution in the Yamuna, with ammonia levels rising to 1.2 ppm, against the permissible limit of 0.2 ppm. According to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), the release of untreated waste …
NDMC areas and parts of south and north Delhi may get less water on Tuesday as a spike in the level of dissolved ammonia forced Delhi Jal Board to cut back on water production at its Wazirabad and Chandrawal plants on Monday. The contamination occurred upstream in Haryana due to …
