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 …
Acting suo motu, Delhi High Court has stayed the decision of one of its judges to set up a panel to monitor maintenance of city roads. A division bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra recently stayed the single-judge order and sought a response from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi …
Focus On Displacement & Loss Of Green Cover New Delhi: So far Delhiites have been concerned with the refusal of environment clearance to the Renuka dam as that means a serious water crisis for the city. Now antidam voices generating from the Nahan district in Himachal Pradesh, home to the …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has alleged that around 950 water pipelines in Delhi have been identified as passing out through drains. The MCD Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga wrote to the NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan seeking his intervention for fixing responsibility in supply …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) claims that the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has repaired only 11 out of the 95 water pipelines, which were found to be leaking, in the last six months. In a letter to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the civic agency has highlighted …
Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga has written to National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G .Balakrishnan requesting him to fix responsibility for “unchecked” contaminated water supply by the Delhi Jal Board despite repeated reminders by the civic body. “In the letter, the NHRC's …
Activists of the Delhi State Council of the Communist Party of India took out a protest march in the Capital on Thursday against the Delhi Government's proposed move to privatise water resources and its distribution. After gathering at Ambedkar Bhawan on Rani Jhansi Road, the activists marched towards the Delhi …
The Delhi Jal Board in association with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) organised the first consultative workshop on formulating a water policy for Delhi on Wednesday. Chief executive officer of DJB Ramesh Negi spoke on the need to bring about effective policy instruments through consultative …
New Delhi: In the first step towards streamlining and managing Delhi’s water, Delhi Jal Board and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) organized the first consultative workshop on formulating ‘Water Policy for Delhi’ on Wednesday. Stakeholders from agencies like Delhi Development Authority, Central Pollution Control Board and …
The Delhi Development Authority has issued guidelines for its neighbourhood parks to ensure their uniform maintenance and development standards. The new guidelines also comes with a measure of public participation in park development and maintenance as feedback from park users will be invited before undertaking works on park premises. The …
Immersed idols and other pollutants block filters of two water treatment plants A day after idols of Lord Ganesha were immersed in the Yamuna, water production at two of the Capital's water treatment plants had to be scaled down on account of pollutants floating in the waters. According to Delhi …
New Delhi: Faced with a growing gap between demand and supply, Delhi government is now working on an ambitious proposal of placing parallel pipelines for providing potable and treated waste water for flushing of toilets, washing of cars and other purposes. The city government has identified several urban areas where …
Having finally announced completion of its sewer rehabilitation works in North and West Delhi last week after a delay of more than a year, the Delhi Jal Board remains answerable to the residents who still complain of no relief after the completion of the ambitious Rs 370 crore project proposed …
Jal Board Blames DDA For Blocking Sewer Lines While Covering Drains New Delhi: Sewage is flowing from the taps of the upscale Defence Colony homes. Harried residents are being forced to buy drinking water. Residents complain they have been receiving smelly and discoloured water for almost a month. When they …
Delhi Jal Board complains to Upper Yamuna River Board The Delhi Jal Board has shot off a letter to the Upper Yamuna River Board complaining that it is not receiving its full share of water from Haryana. The Jal Board has also sought a meeting on the issue of Haryana …
Despite missing a May 31 deadline set by high court for cleaning Neela Hauz lake, Delhi Development Authority and Public Works Department(PWD) are still sparring over increasing the depth of the water body. Needless to say, no work on developing the lake has beugn even though plans have been ready …
Problems of contaminated water supply continue to plague Delhiites. This time it is residents of upmarket Vasant Vihar who have been getting sewage-contaminated water supply for the past three days. Delhi Jal Board officials who responded to calls after two days inspected the site on Wednesday and cleared the blocked …
A Project that could have taken a few more years to be resolved due to the inter-state water sharing dispute between Delhi and Haryana, the Munak carrier-line channel, is finally on the fast track. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has sanctioned Rs 50 crore as payment to Haryana immediately, against …
‘Civic body has been updating the CM on the issue' In the wake of the National Human Rights Commission's action in asking Delhi Jal Board chairman and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to explain the measures being taken to supply potable drinking water in the city in the wake of the …
Taking cognisance of the report appeared in various periodicals that the water supply of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is contaminated, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice to the DJB to explain what measures it has taken to ensure potable water in the city. The reports were …
On the raging issue of contaminated water supply in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said it had conducted a joint survey with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials and had informed department concerned about the unfit water samples. Arya said out of the 4,816 samples taken by …
