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 …
New Delhi: On the second day of its crackdown on private tubewells in Sangam Vihar, Delhi Jal Board took over 13 more, taking the total to 35. Residents of the colony took more interest in the drive on Thursday. Some accompanied the inspection team to give information about possible defaulters, …
नई दिल्ली. जल माफिया के खिलाफ दिल्ली जल बोर्ड का अभियान लगातार जारी है। गुरुवार को दिल्ली जल बोर्ड ने दक्षिण दिल्ली में 35 अवैध ट्यूबवेल को अपने कब्जे में ले लिया। जल माफिया के खिलाफ अभियान चलाने के लिए गठित टास्क फोर्स पिछले दो दिनों के दौरान 57 अवैध …
In what is being seen as the first such effort to root out water mafia, the Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) special taskforce carried out a massive operation in Sangam Vihar and Deoli village in South Delhi. It is the task force’s second recommendation in a week. The first recommendation was …
CM Defends Decision, Plans To Rope In IIT-D To Meter City New Delhi: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday defended his decision of providing up to 20kl of free water each month to some families by saying it was the government’s duty to ensure water supply to each resident of …
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday kept its promise of free water —20 kilolitres per month or an average of about 660 litres a day per family — but it came with a rider and a whammy for bigger water consumers. The rider is that if consumption exceeds 20 …
Say Promised 700 Litres More Than Needed New Delhi: Critics have ripped apart AAP’s claim of providing 700 litres of free water per household. But now, Delhi’s new chief minister has received some sound advice on delivering on his promise. In a letter, experts and activists have urged the CM …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 19/12/2013 regarding falling of underground water levels in the NCT of Delhi due to unauthorized extraction of water through the tubewells. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/108-2013(OA)_19Dec2013.pdf
No agency checks rainwater harvest New Delhi: In June last year, then chief minister Sheila Dikshit had admitted that the rainwater harvesting scheme, launched amid much fanfare, had been a failure. Almost a year and a half down the line, there is complete lack of clarity about the agency responsible …
Rapid urbanisation has led to a huge increase in Gurgaon’s water demand, and as a result, the city’s groundwater levels have dropped at an alarming rate of 1.12 m per year. Keeping the city’s growing water- and sewage-related problems, government authorities have suggested establishment of an agency similar to the …
The large state-managed and institutionalised provision of water in Delhi and its nearby environs is not free of social and political biases. In the nearby Trans Hindon area, different sections of the population are increasingly witnessing huge disparities in terms of formal and even informal modes of water access. Both …
Pollution in Yamuna refuses to come down despite efforts by the Delhi government and various agencies to reduce the contamination levels in the river. The sorry picture once again came to the fore recently when Delhi Jal Board officials stumbled upon some "mystery" pollutants which are found to be deteriorating …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) announced that it might pass an order on Wednesday regarding the plea of restaurant-owners in Hauz Khas Village, who sought the reopening of their establishments shut down four days ago for running without proper clearances and discharging untreated waste. After several owners claimed that they …
The National Green Tribunal made it clear on Tuesday that the "idea was not to close down restaurants" but to strike a balance, making sure that the establishments follow regulations and do not discharge untreated waste water into sewers. The courtroom was packed with restaurant owners who kept pleading with …
The BJP has decided to bring a white paper on the 'state of water' in Delhi. The Chief Minister has been chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board for the last 15 years, but water supply is totally mismanaged. There are many instances of overcharging of billing while 40 per cent …
20% Shortage, Distribution Losses, Faulty Billing And A Polluted River New Delhi: The water department has been under the chief minister’s direct control for the past 15 years. As chairperson of Delhi Jal Board, Sheila Dikshit has been responsible for not only the water supply in the city but also …
The decks have been cleared for the long-pending refurbishment of Delhi’s oldest water treatment plant (WTP), Chandrawal WTP, after the Delhi Jal Board gave the go-ahead for the project on Wednesday. The Board meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, granted approval for the award of consultancy and design work …
Noting that groundwater extraction had led to severe depletion in the water table, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday tasked an inter-governmental committee with forming a plan to fix meters and charge for extracting groundwater in the capital. Responding to its own counsel’s application that lakhs of unauthorised tubewells are …
BJP legislators were expelled from the House The death of a 62-year-old woman in South-West Delhi earlier this week allegedly due to contaminated water brought the Delhi Assembly session to a standstill on Thursday, with the Opposition BJP disrupting the proceedings. Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri adjourned the House three times …
Bearing in mind the serious environmental impact of stainless steel pickling, the National Green Tribunal has restrained all stainless steel pickling units from carrying on any manufacturing activity in the Capital without the consent of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). The NGT was hearing a petition by the All …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre and Delhi government's responses on a plea alleging that water smuggling mafia is behind illegal bore wells in Delhi and authorities are either "hand-in-glove" with them or "turning a blind eye" to such activities. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
