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Delhi govt depts owe 63,000 crore in water dues to DJB, shows data

Delhi govt depts owe 63,000 crore in water dues to DJB, shows data
Published on Jul 26, 2025 05:22 am IST

MCD clears stuck public utility projects stalled for 2.5 years

The approvals come after more than two and a half years of deadlock, caused by political and legal disputes.
Updated on Jul 18, 2025 09:33 am IST

Delhi Jal Board sets target of 1,000 MGD water supply during summer

A reservoir and treatment plant of the Delhi Jal Board in Wazirabad. (ANI)
Updated on May 02, 2024 05:38 am IST

Delhi Jal Board to start drive to seal illegal borewells

In this Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 photo, a young Rohingya refugee girl drinks water from a ground water pump at a camp for the refugees in New Delhi, India. Rohingya in India face an uncertain future, with the Hindu-nationalist government threatening to deport them back to Myanmar. There are some 40,000 Rohingya living in clusters around the country. But only 16,500 have been registered with the U.N. refugee agency. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (AP)
Updated on Jan 29, 2024 05:30 am IST

Water supply in Delhi to be hit for 16 hours on January 18

(REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
Updated on Jan 17, 2024 01:21 am IST

DJB’s biggest sewage plant is all set to miss fourth deadline

DJB data shows that the existing 37 STPs are underutilised, working at an estimated 69.4% of their installed capacity. (FILE)
Updated on Nov 24, 2023 05:10 am IST

Environmentalists, experts bat for sewer charge proposal, say all should pay

The government said it is aiming for upgrading and expanding its sewerage and drainage systems.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 04:33 am IST

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 07, 2019 02:45 am 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 05, 2019 04:11 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 05:43 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 04:23 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 06:41 am IST