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: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also the Delhi Jal Board chairperson, on Friday instructed the Jal Board to designate a separate officer for every Delhi Assembly segment to monitor day-to-day water-related issues. The Chief Minister issued the directions during an interaction with the Leader of the Opposition …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) CEO Ramesh Negi on Thursday said that DJB will soon contract leakage management for the city to private enterprises to minimise loss of water. Speaking at the Water Summit 2009, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Negi emphasised the need for investment …
Several areas in Delhi may soon get respite from water scarcity as Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is all set to commission a new water treatment plants Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday reviewed the ongoing projects o the DJB and said there would be no dearth of funds for drinking …
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally set its eyes on completing the second phase of the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP II) in Delhi. The agency says a major part of the project will be completed by March 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games. The Yamuna Action …
New Delhi: The blame game on desilting of drains has already begun before the onset of monsoons. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), on Wednesday, claimed that while it was held responsible for desilting of Public Works Department
An analytical review of the interceptor plan for cleaning Yamuna. CSE has closely scrutinised the interceptor plan and found this hardware plan to be a complete waste of money. The river will continue to remain dead despite the massive investments planned during 2009-2012. he interceptor project is projected by the …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is losing money hand over fist. More than 56 per cent of the total water supplied in Delhi during the last five years did not fetch the DJB any revenues, resulting in losses of over Rs 1,990.54 crores. The CAG report …
HC Irked Over Failure To Adopt Safety Measures New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued contempt notices to the vice chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), CEO of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and MD of Delhi Small Industries Development Corporation (DSIDC) for failing to adopt safety and health …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued contempt of court notices to the Delhi Jal Board Chief Executive Officer, the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority and the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation for their failure to comply with Court orders to ensure safety of contract …
Eight Years After HC Order, Very Few Buildings Have Installed Structures New Delhi: In 2001, the Delhi High Court asked the government to make rainwater harvesting compulsory in the city. Eight years on, the situation remains alarming. The groundwater level is dropping by the day and the government refuses to …
Reports of a fortnight-long closure by Uttarakhand had set off panic in Delhi Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: Attempting to quell public alarm over a reported two-week shutdown of water supply to the Capital by the Uttarakhand Government, the Delhi Jal Board on Tuesday clarified that the water utility is yet …
Uttarakhand May Shut Supply For Canal Cleaning From April 15 Residents of south and east Delhi may soon have to face water shortage with the Uttarakhand government planning to shut down supply to Delhi for two weeks. Sources revealed that the shut down will take place from April 15 to …
New Delhi: 5-MGD waste treatment plant to come up in Okhla; at present, almost 80% of the supply water turns into sewage and is treated, the rest goes down the drain, literally The Delhi Jal Board has a plan up its sleeves to deter people from wasting potable water and …
New Delhi: These are essential in places where there is no piped water supply, says DJB CEO Ramesh Negi In a reversal of an earlier ban on digging borewells anywhere in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Tuesday issued a notification, permitting the use of borewells to extract groundwater. The …
Augmentation of the existing capacity of sewerage networks in the Capital Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi Jal Board is gearing up to get its ambitious project to resuscitate the Yamuna by constructing interceptor sewers off the ground, work related to augmentation of the existing capacity of …
