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:There were four official ghats where the Delhi government had permitted immersions on Wednesday, the day of Durga v i s a r j a n. However, either because people were not aware, or because it was convenient for some, several small idols and tonnes of puja material found …
New Delhi: The annual cleaning of the Ganga Canal is likely to create problems for the capital this year. The Uttar Pradesh government informed Delhi that the canal would be shut for maintenance work for 25 days starting from October 15 but the share of water that Delhi is supposed …
Pulls up the Centre, U.P., Haryana and Delhi for the mess The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the worsening quality of water in the Yamuna due to high level of pollution though over Rs 1,800 crores had been spent to contain pollution. A Bench of Justices Swatanter …
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Jal Board to take all requisite measures to ensure contamination-free water supply to the residents of South Extension Part-I in South Delhi. A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Vipin Sanghi passed the direction while …
‘Supply of water is a human right, it cannot be leased out’ Even as the Delhi administration is getting ready to implement public private partnership model in water distribution in three areas of the city, a protest against the decision is all set to spill on to the streets. The …
Experts Say It’s Eyewash, Want Rates Slashed New Delhi: After three months and anguished howls of protest from consumers, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) is set to revert to the original slabs for calculating power tariffs. The regulator on Wednesday said that it would hold a public hearing on …
After several failed attempts in the past, the water distribution system in the city is likely to undergo a complete transformation with the state government approving the privatisation of its management in Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Mehrauli of South Delhi amid protests of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs). A pilot …
AMC Plans Metered Supply In All Areas Instead of hinging on a pilot project for metering Jodhpur ward, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is of the opinion that metered water connection should be extended to the entire city at a single go. It will take the project five years to …
The Delhi Government on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it had constituted a high-power committee as directed by it and was in the process of putting in place mechanisms for long-term and short-term solution to the water-logging woes of the Capital. A Division Bench of the Court comprising …
Seeks List Of Remedies In 15 Days New Delhi: Residents of Delhi facing the problem of contaminated drinking water might soon get some relief. The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed Delhi Jal Board to conduct quality checks on the water supplied to residents of South Extension. “You are playing …
The Delhi Government has taken a very serious view on water-logging and will not tolerate any type of negligence in this regard, said Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh at a meeting on Thursday to discuss water-logging issues faced by the city. He said that the Government will fix the responsibility …
Civic bodies do not prepare in advance for the recurrent problem: Petition The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi Chief Secretary to set up a high-power committee taking on board all stakeholders to suggest long and short term measures to deal with water-logging in the Capital. Passing the …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the government to set up a committee of senior officials from various agencies to solve the problem of waterlogging, saying it expected results so that “people don’t rush to court every time there is waterlogging”. It also summoned the CEO of …
It may still be some more time before the Delhi Jal Board can claim to have streamlined its billing process. The Jal Board has not issued bills for water consumption since May this year after irregularities were reported in the calculations for generating the bills. On Monday, speaking to The …
The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from all authorities concerned in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh regarding “in what form and where they discharged industrial waste and other effluents”. “It is a very unhappy state of affairs. It is very unfortunate that such a serious matter about a river is …
Resident welfare associations (RWAs) of south Delhi, the area where the pilot project to privatise the water supply has been implemented, said that they would oppose the project unless the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) consults them through resident ward committees and councillors. United Residents Joint Action (URJA), a collective wing …
Say Govt. must focus on making the most of available resources As Delhi gets ready to implement public-private partnership models in the city to plug water and revenue leaks and ensure round-the-clock supply, water conservation experts want the Administration to look beyond dams and private companies and focus instead on …
New Delhi: After years of efforts to save Yamuna from getting choked by pollution, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) about the steps it had taken to reduce pollution in the river. With each of the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi branches shifting blame …
Resistance Panel To Write To CM, Plans Mass Movt New Delhi: Murmur against Delhi Jal Board’s proposed public-private partnership for 24x7 water supply projects is growing stronger. On Thursday, the Water Privatisation-Commercializtion Resistance Committee and representatives of several other organizations working on water issues met to thrash out a plan …
The answer to Delhi’s perennial water crisis could lie in two successful public-private partnership (PPP) models — one in Nagpur, Maharashtra, and the other in the twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad in Karnataka. Taking a cue from these two cities, the Delhi government has started work on involving private …
