Delhi Jal Board (DJB)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

RWAs voice their fears on groundwater bill

New Delhi: A discussion among Delhi Jal Board (DJB), resident welfare associations and civil society groups on the proposed groundwater bill on Tuesday brought to the fore several apprehensions. Residents pointed out that since DJB was proposing to charge for groundwater use, would the agency then be liable if groundwater …

Survey finds water contaminated

NGOs Find 2 Of 53 Samples Potable, Rest Contain Heavy Metals & Pesticides New Delhi: An analysis of Delhi

Jal Board plans a census with a difference

Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board will soon be conducting a census of a different kind. Instead of asking personal information, officials will quiz residents about the services offered to them by the water utility. The Jal Board wants to put an end to speculation over the …

Parts of city will be supplied water only once a day

New Delhi: A number of areas in the city will soon be supplied water only once a day. The programme, started by Delhi Jal Board recently, has been launched to benefit tailend areas that were either not getting any water or getting water at very low pressure. DJB officials revealed …

Jal Rakshak' drive launched

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board in association with non-government organisation Forum for Organised Resource Conservation and Enhancement (FORCE), Residents' Welfare Association of Vasant Kunj and Inner Wheel Club of the locality launched a

Four floors? First, run plan by DJB

Constructing multi-storeyed buildings in the Capital has become a bit costlier and more tedious. Before getting your building plan sanctioned from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Delhi Development Authority, one needs to seek a No-Objection Certificate from the Delhi Jal Board. The body responsible for supply of potable water …

Not a crisis, shortage due to rising mercury and powercuts: Jal Board

As Delhi Opposition leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra lambasted the government and the Delhi Jal Board on Monday for

Parched Delhi may go Singapore way, drink drain water

PRECIOUS COMMODITY New Delhi: Soon, as is prevalent in Singapore, Delhiites may be consuming treated sewage water. Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials say that the proposal, part of the water master plan 2021, could become necessary for the city in view of its dependency on other states for its water …

Delhi Jal Board gets award

New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board was on Monday conferred an award by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) for its efforts to improve the water management system in the national Capital. The award for the best performing water utility of the year 2009-10 was given to the Jal …

DJB collects Rs 16 lakhs in penalty

As part of its ongoing drive against wastage of water, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) collected over Rs 16 lakhs in the last one month by imposing spot fines against those whose overhead tanks were found to be overflowing. The drive is being intensified to ensure that there is no …

Sheila asks schoolkids to set green example

New Delhi: On the 40th anniversary of International Earth Day

Contaminated water responsible for Chattarpur gastro outbreak, says MCD

Newsline found another possible cause: dirt. Kharak Raveda village has no sewage network, its streets are full of cowdung, sewage and puddles; illegal supply lines are drawn from tubewells Kharak Raveda, a little known village in Chattarpur on the outskirts of Delhi, was in for a shock when seven-year-old Ashiq …

Water has foul taste and smell, but all is well: DJB

Blames Increase in Chloride Level Of Drain Water New Delhi: After residents of several north, central and west Delhi areas complained of receiving foul and discoloured water, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials on Friday said that the level of chloride in water being supplied to the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water …

Foul-smelling water in city

New Delhi: Residents of Prasad Nagar behind Karol Bagh have been receiving foulsmelling water since Monday. Hoping that it

Now penalties on consumers for overflowing tanks

Twenty-five issued challans in Vasnt Kunj Drive to be launched in other parts of Delhi NEW DELHI: Water consumers who switch on their motors to fill their overhead tanks and then forget to switch them off will now have more to worry about than just inflated power bills. The Delhi …

Yamuna canal breach: two treatment plants shut, supply hit

A major breach in the Yamuna flowing near the Bawana area in Outer Delhi on Sunday forced the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) authorities to shut down its 140-MGD (million gallons a day) water treatment plant (WTP) at Haiderpur and the 40-MGD Nangloi WTP, the main source of water supply to …

You may have to pay for groundwater use

Bill To Be Tabled In Next Assembly Session New Delhi: Using grounwater without any care in the world? Your happiness may be short-lived. After much resistance from the opposition, the Sheila Dikshit government is determined to push the groundwater Bill that will make extraction of the precious resource chargeable. Speaking …

Tank overflowing? DJB may fine you

With summer round the corner, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has regulatory plans up its sleeve to put a cap on all leakages. While the Jal Board is fixing its own leaking pipes, senior officials said the DJB is also launching a special drive from next week to penalise consumers …

Hauz Khas lake raises stink

Because the govt did nothing, residents have decided to save Hauz Khas lake With the government having failed to take care of Delhi

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