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 …
“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. …
The water problem in the city is expected to worsen with the level at the Wazirabad pond dipping two feet below its optimum level on Wednesday. The Capital is already struggling with acute water shortage for the past 15 days, due to an alleged curtailment in supply by Haryana to …
With Delhi reeling under acute shortage of water, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday sought an early solution to the Munak canal dispute with Haryana and said she would seek Prime Minister’s intervention on the matter. The comments by Ms Dikshit came a day after Haryana turned down Delhi government’s …
“Delhi Jal Board is yet to implement equitable distribution” “Nobody cares… we just keep getting lame excuses,” says V.K. Arora as he bemoans the daily struggle for water faced by residents of South Delhi's Kailash Hills. At the tail end of the supply chain, residents here have to depend mainly …
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 a week, if she is “lucky”. DJB has neither responded to calls …
The water crisis in the city is likely to continue as Delhi government’s efforts to get more water from neighbouring Haryana did not fructify. At a meeting here, Delhi chief secretary P.K. Tripathi asked his Haryana counterpart P.K. Chaudhery to release more water to Delhi but the latter turned down …
Talks On, No Commitment To Increase Supply New Delhi:The capital’s water situation continues to remain bleak with the Haryana government claiming that it is already releasing more than Delhi’s allocated share of water. Ironically, the Delhi government that till last week was furious with the Haryana government for curtailing supply …
New Delhi: More than 10 years after rainwater harvesting was made compulsory in Delhi, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday accepted that it had not been successful. With the city’s groundwater levels falling consistently and surface level sources restricted, she said it was necessary to ease the processes under which …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board will tap into the city’s massive network of dry tubewells to increase its groundwater levels. It is considering a proposal by the NGO FORCE to study the effectiveness of such tubewells for rainwater harvesting and will use them as demonstration units for the development of …
Villagers Say 200-Year-Old Water Body Gradually Dried Up As Apartments Sprang Up In The Vicinity New Delhi: It was camaraderie at its best. Neighbours who never knew one another joined hands for Mother Nature. There was once a pond in their midst that teemed with life. Today, muck and filth …
: Nearly 15 million gallons of clean water has been finding its way into the Najafgarh drain for the past four days. And this criminal waste of water in this hot season is taking place due to complete lack of coordination between Delhi and Haryana. The issue is expected to …
The problem of water shortage in the city is expected to intensify on Wednesday as the issue of making the parallel lines of Munak canal operational touches the boiling point once again. The Munak canal has been a point of contention between Delhi and Haryana for long now. According to …
Living in the resettlement colony of Sawda Ghevra with no amenities and poor hygienic conditions, over 25,000 people will finally have access to drinking water if the Delhi Jal Board's proposal to set up a decentralised water treatment plant takes shape. To take water to the areas that are currently …
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 …
Moving towards partial privatisation, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday concluded a two-day Jal Bhagidari workshop held to create awareness about the revamping of the water supply, transmission and distribution network under the Nangloi Water Treatment Plant. The water utility has also come out with a booklet to sensitise …
New Delhi: Continuing uncertainty over the fate of numerous parking projects has become a cause of concern for not only vehicle users but also the city’s planners. While there are plans to raise parking fees in the city, only one of the 41 multi-level parking projects conceived by the erstwhile …
Lack of rainwater harvesting finishing many resources A large water body at Dhulsiras village in South-West Delhi is an example of what a water body should not be. Littered with plastics and other refuse, moss-covered and encroached on all sides, this water body is also an example of poor management …
New Delhi: The first woman chief executive officer that Delhi Jal Board has ever had, Debashree Mukherjee has taken over the reins of the organization just before it enters its critical summer period. This is also a time when several projects have just been flagged off and are expected to …
Depletion of groundwater and its increasing pollution could be leading to a silent, nationwide public health crisis as aquifers in many stretches across India are becoming unfit for drinking, according to the government’s own figures. Depletion of groundwater and its increasing pollution could be leading to a silent, nationwide public …
New Delhi: In another attempt to allay fears that its public-private partnership projects are a precursor to privatization of the water utility, Delhi Jal Board has said it has sufficient water to ensure 24-hour supply for a large part of the city but is losing much of it through theft …
