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DJB plans to upgrade its staff quarters into ‘smart’ colonies

The Delhi Jal Board now plans to upgrade its staff quarters and colonies into ‘smart’ ones with features such as zero-liquid discharge, sewage treatment facilities to recycle waste water and solar panels for power supply.

Published on Jul 7, 2019, 2:45 AM IST

Delhi rains: People celebrate respite from heat, flood Twitter with pics and memes

Many people took to Twitter to show their happiness about the rainfall.

Updated on Jul 5, 2019, 3:30 PM IST

Penalty for not connecting houses to DJB’s sewer lines

Many households release sewage into storm water drains, which reaches the Yamuna and pollutes the river.

Published on Jul 5, 2019, 4:11 AM IST

‘They never gave us any safety gear’: Workers at Delhi Jal Board site

A rescue worker at the spot where three workers were washed away while cleaning drainage after the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) started the water supply.

Published on Jun 29, 2019, 4:27 AM IST

One body found, two feared dead in DJB drain accident

Image for representation

Updated on Jun 29, 2019, 12:02 AM IST

CM Arvind Kejriwal tells DJB to simplify ways to get water connections

The CM also directed the officials to restart more than 100 tube-wells which were lying non-functional. Directions were also issued to start all the booster pumping stations in the area.

Updated on Jun 23, 2019, 5:43 AM IST

‘No water’ plaints up by 151% in 3 years in Delhi: Report

According to the report, no supply calls made to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) increased from 34,554 in 2015 to 86,637 in 2018.

Updated on Jun 21, 2019, 5:41 AM IST

Pollution body seizes 28,000 kilos of plastic

The Delhi Pollution Committee seized more than 28,000 kilos of banned plastic bags, measuring less than 50 microns, in just three days

Published on Jun 20, 2019, 4:23 AM IST

130 unauthorised Delhi colonies unlikely to get piped water supply

Pipeline work is stuck due to non-availability of no-objection certificates (NOCs) from land-owning agencies (Photo by Sonu Mehta/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jun 16, 2019, 2:14 PM IST

Delhi PWD minister wants all drains cleaned before June 22

PWD minister Satyendar Jain took stock of ongoing PWD roads and drains related work. He directed senior official to complete desilting of drains under its jurisdiction till 22nd June. (Image: Twitter)

Updated on Jun 14, 2019, 10:43 PM IST

3 nabbed for 2 murders, 3 attempted murders, 4 robberies in 43 days

Arrest-handcuffs.

Updated on Jun 13, 2019, 7:32 AM IST

Piped water is still not reaching Delhi’s illegal colonies, claims BJP

During summer season, the general water demand in the national capital reaches around 1,100 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) and the average water production remains 900 MGD, which at times peaks to 935 MGD.

Published on Jun 10, 2019, 6:30 AM IST

Tughlakabad will get water supply in a week: Arvind Kejriwal

The chief minister marched in Tughlakabad on Sunday and interacted with the residents.

Updated on Jun 3, 2019, 8:29 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal holds rally in Deoli, promises water pipelines soon

Water shortage is a major issue in the national capital. In 2015 assembly elections, solving the water crisis in the city was one of the key poll promises of the AAP, which came to power with a thumping majority – bagging 67 out of the 70 Assembly seats.

Updated on Jun 2, 2019, 8:51 AM IST

Jal Board to turn abandoned Rajghat fly ash pond into 40-acre lake in three years

The area once used to be a fly ash pond when the Rajghat power plant was operational, till 2015.

Published on Jun 1, 2019, 5:12 AM IST

Wedding venue at Asiad village sealed for violation of rules

The banquet housing five venues has been on the radar of the sealing committee since it was first sealed in 2010 for violation of the Delhi Master Plan-2021. It was later de-sealed in 2014.

Published on May 29, 2019, 2:43 AM IST

‘Illegal miners built bunds on Yamuna’: Court panel

Representative image

Published on May 25, 2019, 3:02 AM IST

Crackdown on illegal industries in residential areas in Delhi

A letter in this regard was sent to the civic bodies, DDA, discoms and DJB on May 9. HT has a copy of the letter.

Updated on May 17, 2019, 6:00 AM IST

Waste water from septic tanks dumped into Yamuna: CPCB

A joint team of officials from CPCB and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) stumbled upon tankers disposing waste water from septic tanks directly into the floodplains

Published on May 17, 2019, 2:05 AM IST

Government forced to switch back to manual vehicle fitness checks at Burari

Nearly 35,000 taxis registered under the DL1Z series, including new additions, will now skip automated tests that remove any human intervention.

Published on May 16, 2019, 6:03 AM IST

DJB may consider coercive steps to make people get sewer connections

The national capital has over 1,700 unauthorised colonies with a population of around 40 lakh. Only around 14%-15% of these colonies have a sewerage network, as per the status report filed by the committee last year.

Published on May 15, 2019, 6:41 AM IST

Delhi says Haryana is obstructing flow of the Yamuna

Delhi says Haryana is obstructing flow of the Yamuna

Published on May 4, 2019, 5:34 AM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Village that grows vegetables for Delhi longs for supply of clean drinking water

A man carries a water dispenser at Jharoda Kalan village in Najafgarh.

Published on Apr 9, 2019, 12:57 PM IST

Part of supply stopped to Pak can resolve city’s water shortage: Delhi Jal Board

The Delhi government on Friday said its water crisis during the lean period in summer months can be solved if it gets a portion of the water the Centre had stopped from flowing into Pakistan after the Pulwama attack.

Published on Apr 6, 2019, 4:11 AM IST

Delhi BJP blames water tanker mafia for supply shortage, slams government

While the government has been carrying out work to lay the pipelines in various areas, especially in unauthorised colonies, the BJP said little is being done to address the water shortage.

Published on Apr 5, 2019, 5:42 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Chilla, water supply a pipe dream

With garbage strewn in the narrow lanes and vacant plots, a resident says that the Central government’s Swachh Bharat scheme has been a complete failure in the locality.

Published on Apr 4, 2019, 7:48 AM IST

RWAs apply to adopt over 100 parks, but few proposals for sewage plants

There are more than 18,000 parks and gardens spread over 8,000 hectares, over various locations across the city .

Published on Apr 1, 2019, 4:06 AM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: EC tells Delhi Jal Board not to allow poll propaganda

Officials of Delhi chief electoral office said stacks of the letters were found at the DJB’s zonal revenue office in Narela and the material was later seized to avoid misuse.

Published on Mar 27, 2019, 12:45 PM IST

2 die after inhaling toxic fumes at restaurant’s waste treatment plant in Delhi

A view of the restaurant where the two people died while cleaning a waste treatment plant, in Rajouri Garden in New Delhi.

Published on Mar 24, 2019, 4:10 AM IST

Half of operational sewage treatment plants don’t meet water quality standards: Report

Nearly half of the operational Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in Delhi do not meet permissible water quality standards, a report prepared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has revealed.(Photo by Rishikesh Choudhary/HT)

Published on Mar 21, 2019, 3:33 AM IST

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