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 …
The National Green Tribunal today restrained Delhi Jal Board (DJB) from spending in excess of Rs 50 crore on river Yamuna till its further orders or directions after it was informed that over Rs 900 crore has been spent for cleaning the river. "Around Rs 800 crore is lying with …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kalkaji Mandir Vikreta Sangathan-II & Ors Versus Piyush Joshi & Ors dated 28/10/2015 regarding sanitation and cleanliness of the Kalkaji Mandir Complex, New Delhi. In pursuance of Supreme Court's earlier order, an Inspection Report has been submitted by the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raj Hans Bansal Vs. Ministry of Water Resources & Ors dated 28/10/2015 regarding ground water extraction in Delhi especially by industries.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Agnihotri Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 27/10/2015 regarding critically polluted area of Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) announced here on Thursday that it will provide piped water supply to all unauthorised colonies in next two years. It will benefit lakhs of people. According to the DJB, substantial success has been already achieved in this endeavour as 1092 unauthorised colonies out of 1658 have …
After facing closure for not complying with the environmental norms, 31 hotels and guesthouses in Mahipalpur near the IGI Airport on Tuesday moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) challenging the imposition of additional conditions on them for operation. The Hotels and Guest Houses Association Mahipalpur moved the tribunal against the …
The Delhi high court has termed as “unacceptable” the presence of a polluted artificial lake in the space behind the 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort and sought a definite plan from the AAP government on how it intends to clean its water. A two-judge bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and …
Three five-star hotels today came under the scanner of National Green Tribunal which issued notices to them on a plea alleging unauthorised extraction of ground water in their premises. Besides these hotels, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also issued notices to Central Ground Water Authority, Delhi …
The now polluted Yamuna river will be cleaned within the next three years, asserted Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday while conducting a boat-ride inspection of the national capital's lifeline. "The Yamuna river which has now been reduced to a dark grey-coloured lifeless river will be cleaned within the …
Water supply in the Capital will not be privatised like the power sector, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday at a workshop held to discuss Delhi’s draft water policy. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) finalised the draft policy, which emphasises wastewater management and the reuse of water, with the …
Land pooling may be touted as the solution to the city's growing housing requirement, but experts say that it should be done with proper planning, especially of essential services like water.Failure to plan would result in adding to the existing load and lead to chaos in the city . Citing …
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) wants the AAP government to enact a legislation to create a special purpose vehicle on the lines of Delhi Metro for cleaning and rejuvenation of the Yamuna river. The Yamuna, which enters though Palla and runs for 48 km in the National Capital Territory of …
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), in a statement on Tuesday said that about six lakh consumers availed benefit of free water scheme in the second round of billing as people have started to voluntarily install functional water meters to reduce water consumption and to avail benefit of free water scheme …
After finding out that sand is being mined illegally from the banks and bed of the Yamuna on the pretext of de-silting and dredging to maintain the flow of river, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to ensure sand mining is not permitted anywhere on the banks …
In a bid to make its power generation environment- friendly, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has commissioned the first-ever hydropower plant in the national capital, which will produce 20,000 kWh of electricity per year. The plant has been commissioned at Chilla area in East Delhi. The DJB said that the …
The National Green Tribunal today came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for discharging industrial waste into the Hindon canal and causing pollution in the Yamuna river. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the government to stop releasing toxic effluents in the canal and discuss …
Hearing two public interest litigations on paucity of water in Dwarka sub-city, the Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to inform it of the status of 16 borewells, which were earlier used, and provide details of the current water supply …
In a bid to meet the growing demand for water supply in the national capital, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) aims to increase use of recycled water from 25 per cent currently to 40 per cent, which will help meet the purposes of agriculture, horticulture and washing. The DJB produces …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed DDA and DJB to provide it with details of current water supply to Dwarka. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva also sought details from Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on the status of 16 borewells …
The court had earlier directed civic agencies to come up with a plan to create sewage treatment facilities to deal with the “poison lake” created behind the fort. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it had run into several hurdles while trying to …
