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Delhi Metro construction behind flooding in GK-2 basements: Study

Metro trains parked at Timarpur yard, in New Delhi.

Updated on Sep 1, 2020, 6:03 AM IST

No digging of roads in Delhi till monsoon ends

A motorist wades through a water logged road near Rao Tularam Flyover following heavy rain in New Delhi.

Updated on Aug 19, 2020, 5:45 AM IST

Waist-deep flooding brings parts of Capital to its knees

A cyclist makes his way while a bus is seen partially submerged at Zakhira underpass.

Updated on Aug 14, 2020, 5:48 AM IST

DDA challenges Rs 50 lakh fine in HC, says did not pollute stormwater drain

The DDA had filed a plea challenging the DPCC’s July 10 decision to impose the environment damage compensation fee of ₹50 lakh on it for allegedly spoiling the water quality in the stormwater drain. photo:pradeep gaur/mint

Updated on Aug 13, 2020, 10:29 PM IST

High levels of ammonia in water, supply to be affected in parts of Delhi

An advisory issued by the water utility has asked the public to make judicious use of water and reach out to the emergency control room numbers in case of requirement of water tanker.

Updated on Jul 27, 2020, 12:27 PM IST

Water supply to be hit in parts of Delhi, govt advises people to use water judiciously

Residents fill their empty containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker at Vivekanand Camp in Chanakyapuri during national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi on April 17, 2020.

Updated on Jul 27, 2020, 9:21 AM IST

3 Delhi Jal Board staff test Covid-19 positive, water utility’s office to be shut for 2 days

On May 17, a DJB staff member was found coronavirus positive, following which the water utility placed ten of its staff members in the Tagore Garden area under quarantine. (Image used for representation).

Updated on May 28, 2020, 8:51 PM IST

Delhi Jal Board prepares to up water output in its summer plan

A migrant worker drinks water at National Highway as he walks towards his native state, at Ghazipur Border, in New Delhi.

Updated on May 16, 2020, 5:36 AM IST

Amid focus on hygiene, govt to ensure sufficient water supply

State governments across India are taking measures to ensure water supply with focus on hygiene amid coronavirus outbreak.

Published on Mar 19, 2020, 7:33 AM IST

Give detailed plan on cleaning Delhi drains, NGT orders Delhi Jal Board

In a meeting held on January 7, the DPCC took the decision that the EDMC shall remove all the solid waste from both banks of the drain and keep a vigil on the drain and prevent dumping of garbage.

Published on Feb 26, 2020, 5:16 PM IST

BJP’s Jagdish Pradhan, AAP leader Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat among candidates with top winning margins

Jagdish Pradhan, who had won the 2015 Delhi assembly election from the Mustafabad seat by 6031 votes, was leading by 27,411 votes till 11:15am

Updated on Feb 11, 2020, 12:00 PM IST

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Chandni Chowk revamp project gets new May 2020 deadline

The redevelopment of Chandni Chowk was earlier scheduled to be completed by March this year.

Updated on Feb 3, 2020, 9:44 AM IST

DSSSB Group B and C Recruitment 2020: 297 vacancies notified, check details here

DSSSB Group B and C Recruitment 2020.

Updated on Jan 26, 2020, 2:59 PM IST

Use of artificial ponds prevented immersion of around 24,000 idols in Yamuna last year

File Photo of Yamuna River

Published on Jan 7, 2020, 5:27 PM IST

Over 98 per cent of 4,204 water samples collected found fit to drink: Delhi Jal Board

Delhi Jal Board (DJB) vice-chairman Dinesh Mohaniya collects water samples from a resident’s house, at Lado Sarai, in New Delhi on Monday, November 25, 2019.

Published on Dec 4, 2019, 4:40 PM IST

One-third of Delhi depended on ROs for drinking water, 14% on bottles

The report also shows that in the National Capital, bottled water was the second principal source of drinking water. This means that nearly 14% of Delhiites depend on packaged drinking water at home.

Updated on Dec 3, 2019, 5:46 AM IST

In debate over Delhi water quality, Paswan’s challenge to Arvind Kejriwal

Union minister Ram Vilas paswan during his press conference on in new Delhi on Thursday. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/HT)

Updated on Jul 27, 2020, 8:55 AM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal questions credibility of samples collected for report on water quality

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal rejected the BIS finding on Delhi’s water quality and in a press briefing, shared the addresses of the places from which BIS collected samples.

Updated on Nov 21, 2019, 8:35 AM IST

Delhi’s water quality row: CM Kejriwal, Union minister Paswan face-off on selection of panel members

A study by Burearu of Indian Standards has stated that Delhi — along with Kolkata and Chennai — failed in almost 10 out of 11 quality parameters of drinking water.

Updated on Nov 21, 2019, 8:04 AM IST

Delhi Jal Board tests show Delhi water fit for use, says Kejriwal

HT Image

Updated on Nov 21, 2019, 2:06 PM IST

2-year-old dies after being run over by water tanker in outer Delhi’s Narela

Area residents said that the tanker driver was listening to songs with his earphones plugged in while driving and failed to hear anything even as some residents screamed and tried alerting him about the child under his vehicle.

Updated on Nov 12, 2019, 6:03 AM IST

‘Delhi Jal Board water is not potable’ says Ram Vilas Paswan

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, at a press conference here on Thursday said that the water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board is not up to the standard of BIS.

Updated on Oct 3, 2019, 11:42 PM IST

High ammonia levels to affect water supply in Delhi for next few days

Water supply will be affected in Delhi in the upcoming days.

Updated on Oct 1, 2019, 5:54 AM IST

More sops from Delhi CM Kejriwal, this time for house tenants

Mukhyamantri Kirayedaar Bijli Meter Yojna will be launched by Kejriwal-led government, ascheme directed towards tenants, where prepaid meters at rented accommodations will be installed.

Updated on Sep 25, 2019, 1:46 PM IST

64 died cleaning sewers in Delhi, says panel; govt counters claim

Delhi’s social welfare minister Rajendra Pal Gautam, however, said the deaths took place in septic tanks of malls and high-rises which are inaccessible to sewer cleaning machines of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

Published on Sep 25, 2019, 5:31 AM IST

Government proposes artificial ponds at Durga puja pandal sites

The move is aimed at keeping the Yamuna river clean as well as at helping reduce traffic chaos, as puja committees would need not go anywhere to immerse the idols.

Updated on Sep 21, 2019, 4:53 AM IST

CATS employees call off ambulance strike after 75 days

The employees went on a strike after a new contractor was hired by the government.

Updated on Sep 14, 2019, 4:41 AM IST

‘Mushrooming illegal colonies killing Yamuna’: NGT

Delhi Jal Board and municipal corporations to ensure that a mechanism is evolved whereby raw sewage from these colonies gets collected and taken to a central sewage treatment plant (STP) for treatment till such time sewrage network is established in these colonies.

Published on Sep 12, 2019, 5:18 AM IST

Ensure free water scheme is not misused: Green court to Delhi Jal Board

Delhi government’s scheme of providing 20,000 litres of water each month free of cost to every household in the national capital is being misused by several housing colonies. Here, in Okhla, residents form a line of buckets and containers to receive water from tankers.

Updated on Sep 11, 2019, 10:55 PM IST

Man buried under a pile of mud rescued, critical

Delhi Fire Service officials said, it was around 9.50am they got a call reporting that a man who had gotten into a pit for welding has been trapped under pile of mud.

Updated on Sep 11, 2019, 4:52 AM IST

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