In what is being seen as the first such effort to root out water mafia, the Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) special taskforce carried out a massive operation in Sangam Vihar and Deoli village in South Delhi.
It is the task force’s second recommendation in a week. The first recommendation was made on Monday — to transfer 800 of its staff.
CM Defends Decision, Plans To Rope In IIT-D To Meter City
New Delhi: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday defended his decision of providing up to 20kl of free water each month to some families by saying it was the government’s duty to ensure water supply to each resident of Delhi.
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday kept its promise of free water —20 kilolitres per month or an average of about 660 litres a day per family — but it came with a rider and a whammy for bigger wa
New Delhi: Critics have ripped apart AAP’s claim of providing 700 litres of free water per household. But now, Delhi’s new chief minister has received some sound advice on delivering on his promise. In a letter, experts and activists have urged the CM to revise the amount promised.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 19/12/2013 regarding falling of underground water levels in the NCT of Delhi due to unauthorized extraction of water through the tubewells.
साउथ दिल्ली नगर निगम (एसडीएमसी) ने नैशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल (एनजीटी) के सामने माना कि राजधानी में स्टॉर्म वाटर ड्रेन्स (नाले) को ढंकने या लाइनिंग से पहले कोई पर्यावरणीय मंजूरी (एनवायरमेंटल क्लीयरेंस)
New Delhi: In June last year, then chief minister Sheila Dikshit had admitted that the rainwater harvesting scheme, launched amid much fanfare, had been a failure. Almost a year and a half down the line, there is complete lack of clarity about the agency responsible for monitoring of the scheme.
नैशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल (एनजीटी) ने दिल्ली पल्यूशन कंट्रोल कमिटी (डीपीसीसी) की वह दलील खारिज कर दी जिसमें उसने यह कहते हुए 18 यूनिटों में रेन वॉटर हार्वेस्टिंग सिस्टम लगे होने की जांच करने में असमर्
Rapid urbanisation has led to a huge increase in Gurgaon’s water demand, and as a result, the city’s groundwater levels have dropped at an alarming rate of 1.12 m per year.
The large state-managed and institutionalised provision of water in Delhi and its nearby environs is not free of social and political biases. In the nearby Trans Hindon area, different sections of the population are increasingly witnessing huge disparities in terms of formal and even informal modes of water access. Both regions exhibit rising levels of deprivation among large segments of the population and increasing affluence among others. This is reflected in the distribution and availability of water to these sections.
