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: The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has formulated a concept paper for water augmentation in the 22km stretch of the Yamuna that flows through the capital. In a letter written recently to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has asked the Delhi …
NEW DELHI: In what seems to signal the beginning of privatization of water distribution and maintenance of water supply lines, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is likely to kick off a pilot project in Vasant Kunj where a private player would be allowed to manage water distribution in the colony. DJB …
New Delhi: Several parts of southwest, west, northwest and north Delhi will have to go without water or get a reduced supply in the coming few days, after poor quality of raw water being supplied to the Nangloi and Haiderpur water treatment plants (WTP) reduced production in the WTPs by …
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has voiced concern about the quality of drinking water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board after testing several water samples. The issue was raised at a meeting of the MCD Standing Committee. According to statistics provided by the civic body's Health Department, out …
More than 50,000 people fall prey to contaminated potable water in the Capital every year. According to the Health Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the number of people who were caught by various waterborne diseases due to the consumption of impure water was 53,956 in 2007 while …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, already receiving flak for poor management during the monsoon season, on Wednesday claimed that more than 1,700 samples of water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board was unfit for drinking. The figures, furnished by the health department officials, led to allegations and counter allegations between …
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has commissioned two state-of-the-art plants: the 1 MGD sewage treatment plant (STP) and 1 MGD water treatment plant (WTP) at the Commonwealth Games Village. The plants will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday. The construction of the 1 MGD WTP was awarded …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said that it has taken suo motu cognizance of the media report, alleging that out of 53 samples of drinking water taken from various areas in Delhi by a non-government organization (NGO), only two were found potable. The commission has issued notices to …
Shocked by the quality of drinking water supplied in several parts of Delhi, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Delhi Jal Board chairman giving them a month to explain their stand. Underlining that the right to have clean drinking water is …
Utkarsh Anand As groundwater depletes in the Capital at an alarming rate, Delhi is all set to have its own regulatory body to combat the twin problem of paucity of water and illegal extraction of groundwater. The new policy will be notified next week. A Delhi government affidavit, submitted in …
New Delhi: Unhappy over constant bickering between civic agencies over water prices in Dwarka, the Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to ensure water supply in the area. Justice G S Sistani asked DJB and DDA to quickly get their …
The Union Cabinet Committee on Wednesday approved the ambitious Rs 1,357-crore Yamuna cleaning Interceptor Sewer project of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). In what is termed as the largest fund approval for Delhi under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the project was cleared after extensive examination by …
