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 Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Delhi government and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to respond to a report of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) alleging that the interceptor project to stop flow of sewage into Yamuna would put an additional Rs 5,600 crore down the drain. …
While Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit claims that Yamuna cannot be cleaned before the Commonwealth Games, it has emerged that the funds for the Yamuna Action Plan
Delhi residents will soon have the authority to penalise those found wasting water. Having been accused earlier of wasting precious water to theft and leakage, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is finally taking a call on putting a check on water wastage. The water utility is now in the process …
In the midst of water-scarcity driven by deficient Monsoon rains, the Haryana government has accused Delhi of being extravagant and wasteful in its usage of precious water resources.
New Delhi: A weak monsoon over northwest India is sure to cause several problems for Delhi. To start with, Haryana has reduced supply of water to the capital and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is expecting 10 to 15% shortage in areas serviced by the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran If there is no rain in the next 48 hours, the city will face an acute water crisis, say Jal Board officials NEW DELHI: Officials of the Delhi Jal Board -- the utility that supplies water to the Capital -- are a worried lot. Their worry stems …
The consumers are being made to pay for the penalty levied upon Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for non-treating of sewage water. The DJB is charging three paisa per kilolitre water from the consumers. Strangely, consumer is being forced to pay for the failure of Jal Board to treat sewage water. …
Sheila instructs the Board to do away with existing lengthy, cumbersome procedure NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday instructed the Delhi Jal Board to do away with the existing process of release of water connections as it is lengthy, cumbersome and involves approval from several authorities. Instead, Ms. …
Delhi Jal Board has no mechanism to check the demand of water in the city, which is the cause of its failure to identify and hence avoid water crisis in the Capital. The problem was highlighted by DJB's UK-based consultant company, Ernst Young, in its study presented to the DJB …
Pramod Kumar June 30: The PMO has finally decided to intervene in the issue of acute water crisis in the national capital and has called a meeting of the senior officials of the Central Ground Water Board, Central Water Commission and the Delhi Jal Board over the issue. Besides, consensus …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: With the monsoon playing truant and the neighbouring States threatening to cut supply, the Delhi Government has finally decided to tackle water wastage and leakage, the two major causes that make up for the bulk of the Capital
New Delhi: Grappling with a severe power and water crisis, Delhi is on a short fuse. There were five protests over water or power shortage in the last two days, one of which took an ugly turn when angry protesters vandalized a DTC bus at Ambedkar Nagar on Wednesday morning. …
New Delhi: The state government may have shied away from any tough measures in the budget but finance and DJB officials say a hike in water tariff is inevitable by year end to plug DJB
The Delhi Jal Board has been found woefully short in providing adequate water supply in the city, with its leaking pipe networks reporting a wastage of a huge 40 per cent of water in its distribution channel. The DJB has also fallen short in meeting its own target of 855 …
The DJB plans to set up a big sewerage treatment plant for Commonwealth Games 2010.More plants are likely at Delhi Gate, Delhi Cantt, Pappan Kalan and Nilothi. The Delhi Jal Board has a lot of work at hand this fiscal as it plans to improve water supply in the capital …
Contamination highest in S. Delhi, with 50% samples polluted Himani Chandel Tribune News Service New Delhi, June 17 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has found 15 per cent of the Delhi
