Jal Board says it has done everything possible

Alarms are being set for unearthly hours, chaotic queues are being braved and hard-earned money is being spent by Delhiites on water. The annual summer water crisis is here.

दिल्ली सरकार, जल बोर्ड को नोटिस

राजधानी में पशुओं और पक्षियों के लिए स्वच्छ पानी की व्यवस्था करने के लिए याचिका, दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट ने उस याचिका पर दिल्ली जल बोर्ड और डीडीए को नोटिस जारी कर जवाब दाखिल करने को कहा है, जिसमें कहा गया है कि राजधानी में पशुओं और पक्षियों के लिए स्वच्छ पानी की व्यवस्था हो। याचिका में आरोप लगाया गया है कि पशु-पक्षी प्रदूषित पानी की वजह से मर रहे हैं।

The court has now issued notices to the government, DDA and DJB to respond to the plea by August 13.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a plea seeking clean water for animals and birds in the city. The court observed that animals and birds have been dying because of the polluted water in the capital.

For this 44 per cent residents, a scheme has been drawn up by the DJB for supplying water through private and government tankers.

The BJP has asked Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung to issue a white paper on the status of water supply by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) along with the role of private and government tankers.

The DDA told the court that it had identified several new sites where groundwater could be extracted.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will dig 16 borewells in Dwarka to increase water supply during summer, DDA’s counsel told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi Jal Board and Delhi Development Authority on a plea that said birds and animals were dying because of poisonous and polluted water released from illegal factories.

A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath sought response from the Delhi government, DJB and DDA by Aug 13 on the plea seeking clean water for animals and birds in the city.

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday restrained the Delhi Government, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Delhi Jal Board from releasing or storing any sewage or sludge in and around water b

New Delhi: The likelihood of a below-normal monsoon; temperature above 40 degrees Celsius for the next couple of months; a large population and limited sources of water are making Delhi desperate f

With the Capital already feeling the heat, the Delhi Jal Board on Tuesday announced its annual summer action plan that seeks to meet the peak water demand during the scorching months ahead.

Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung has cleared a proposal to set up “pay-and-use” water ATMs in water- starved slums and resettlement colonies of Delhi.

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