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: With Uttar Pradesh curtailing water supply to the Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar plants for an additional eight days due to annual maintenance of the Ganga Canal, Delhi is likely to face a serious water crisis till the city makes alternative arrangements. With water level in the Yamuna also …
New Delhi: Not only were the large scale immersions on the occasion of Dashmi on Monday detrimental to the river, they have also ensured that large parts of Delhi do not get water supply for almost five days. Production at the 200 million gallons per day (MGD) Haiderpur water treatment …
Silver papier-mache decorations, bamboo frames and plastic bags rippling on frothing waters. Despite calls from green activists, the scene at the river Yamuna here was that of a toxic harvest after hundreds of idols of goddess Durga were immersed in it at the end of the Durga Puja festival. Over …
NEW DELHI: Even as the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department has closed down the Upper Ganga Canal for annual maintenance, the Delhi Jal Board has announced that the city will continue to get its share of Ganga water. A senior Delhi Jal Board official said on Tuesday that the canal maintenance …
The UP Irrigation Department on Tuesday closed the Upper Ganga Canal for its annual maintenance exercise. A senior Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official said the canal will be closed till Diwali on October 17. A communiqu
In an attempt to make the water distribution system more efficient in the city, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to come up with an online data network. The online data system will check the quality of water, control its flow and centrally monitor its availability.
The Delhi high court sought a report from the DJB on a PIL alleging that the water supply has been `zero' in several parts of east Delhi for the last few months : The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought a report from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on a …
NEW DELHI: Incessant rain over the past two days that almost brought the Capital to a halt has given the Delhi Jal Board reason to cheer. The increased amount of water flowing into the Yamuna hopefully means no shortfall of water supply for the city over the next few weeks.
Being criticised for erratic water supply in several areas of the Capital, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday defended itself in the Delhi High Court saying that low pressure water supply in Delhi resulted due to the population explosion in the city. Replying to the notice issued by the …
MANISH ANAND Decks have been cleared for laying of ambitious interceptor sewer project to improve the condition of Yamuna after the fund starved Delhi government made arrangements for Rs 800 crores for the Delhi Jal Board. The Delhi government has arranged a loan from Hudco to partly fund the Rs …
DJB Says Cannot Treat It, Blames Poor Rain For Effluent Accumulation Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: If the water from your tap has been tasting salty of late, here
Struggling with the lack of efficient staff, increasing political pressure and difficulty in providing an answer to over 40 per cent distribution losses in a city that battles perpetual water crisis, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has now decided to outsource its major functions to private players. While the plan …
NEW DELHI: Continuing its efforts backed by aid money to clean the Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board on Thursday initiated another plan to try and save the dying river. This time round the Board has roped in six non-government agencies to involve the masses in the cleaning operation. The Board …
After spending crores of rupees on cleansing the Yamuna passing through Delhi, the government on Thursday launched yet another programme of public awareness involving schoolchildren and NGOs. The idea, officials say, is to reach out to and involve the citizens of Delhi in the cleaning the Yamuna.
`Directives have been issued to all the government departments to install rain water harvesting systems in its buildings,' said a senior official The Delhi government has issued fresh directives to all its departments, local bodies and public sector undertakings to install rain water harvesting systems in their buildings in a …
In a move aimed at overcoming water shortage in the Capital, the Delhi government has issued fresh directives to all its departments, local bodies and public sector undertakings to install rain water harvesting systems in their buildings. The government has also modified the building norms making it mandatory for all …
A report filed by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in the Supreme Court has heavily criticised the Delhi Jal Board's plan to install interceptors for preventing pollution in the Yamuna. The report found lacunae not only in terms of quality assurance but also the fact that the project, …
