Water Pollution

Delhi Jal Board will not spend single penny on Yamuna without our nod: NGT

NGT had earlier constituted a committee and asked the Delhi Jal Board to submit report on discharge from each drain that joins Yamuna.

Publication Date: 
22/03/2016
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Yamuna, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee, River Pollution, Water Pollution
Sanitation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding sanitation and cleanliness of the Kalkaji Mandir Complex, New Delhi, 16/03/2016

The Supreme Court on March 16, 2016 gave two weeks to Kalka Ji Temple authorities to implement several measures suggested by the committee it had formed, that include cleanliness of the premises and putting up barricades to contain the crowd of devotees.The bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh asked the authorities to clean the DDA parking as well as all the other parking areas, besides instructing them to keep the toilets clean.

Judgement Date: 
16/03/2016
Tags:
Sanitation, Religious Places, Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Municipal Corporation, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Toilets
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding holding of World Culture Festival on the banks of river Yamuna by the Art of Living International Center, 10/03/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Kumar Misra & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 10/03/2016 regarding holding of World Culture Festival on the banks of river Yamuna by the Art of Living International Center.

The DJB will not spent single penny except the maintenance as already directed. The DJB shall file complete and comprehensive details in relation to each work.

Judgement Date: 
10/03/2016
Tags:
Yamuna, Riverine Ecology, River Pollution, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Water Resources

DJB offers rainwater harvesting breather

New Rules Cleared, More Time For Compliance

Publication Date: 
07/03/2016
Neha Lalchandani
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Harvesting, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Monsoons, Water Resources
Water Resources

Penalty waived for no rainwater harvesting

DDA To Also Exempt High Water Table Areas

Publication Date: 
10/02/2016
Neha Lalchandani
Times of india (new
Tags:
Delhi, Water Harvesting, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Water Resources
Solid Waste

No hospitals, no schools, just garbage

Sanitation workers meet L-G, throw garbage at Delhi Tourism Minister’s residence; teachers join protest; hospitals attend to emergency cases only

Publication Date: 
02/02/2016
Damini Nath
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Congestion, Solid Waste, Municipal Corporations
Water Pollution

NGT slams DJB for high ammonia in Yamuna

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to file a status report about rising ammonia levels in the Yamuna, which has left its water beyond treatment and forced the closur

Publication Date: 
27/01/2016
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Yamuna, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry Of Water Resources, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Water Quality, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Yamuna river pollution affecting Delhi's water supply

With pollution in Yamuna river affecting the water supply in the national capital, Delhi Chief Secretary KK Sharma has written to his Haryana counterpart DS Dhesi to take necessary steps and has as

Publication Date: 
21/01/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Yamuna, River Pollution, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Water Quality, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Scientist moves NGT seeking closure of Delhi Secretariat

A scientist today moved the National Green Tribunal seeking a direction to close down the Delhi Secretariat building on the ground that it violates mandatory pollution norms.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Scientists, Air Act 1981, Yamuna, River Pollution, Water Act 1974, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Water Pollution
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding sanitation and cleanliness of the Kalkaji Mandir Complex, New Delhi, 15/12/2015

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kalkaji Mandir Vikreta Sangathan-II & Others Vs Piyush Joshi & Others dated 15/12/2015 regarding sanitation and cleanliness of the Kalkaji Mandir Complex, New Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
15/12/2015
Tags:
Sanitation, Religious Places, Delhi, Supreme Court, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Garbage, Municipal Corporation, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Waste Management, Green Spaces

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