With summer just round the corner, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday came up with an order that could ease the drinking water situation in the Capital.

New Delhi: For the third day, large parts of the city went without water as the Wazirabad and Chandrawal treatment plants remained shut for most of the day. Presence of ammonia in water, due to which the plants had to be shut on Monday, came down to 1ppm on Wednesday against a desired level of 0.6ppm.

The ongoing water dispute between Delhi and Haryana left the Capital parched for a second day, with two of the city

New Delhi: Several parts of the city will have to go without water on Tuesday as two water treatment plants had to be shut down due to excessive levels of ammonia and chloride in raw water yet again.

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday introduced a liberalised scheme, giving consumers with unauthorised water connections a chance to get their connections regularised by March 31.

New Delhi: Chief minister Sheila Dikshit, on Wednesday, relaxed water charges for residents of JJ and rehabilitation colonies. She announced it in a meeting with MP Sandeep Dikshit, MLA Hari Shankar Gupta and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) head Ramesh Negi.

Says Consumers Should Bear Cost Of Meter Replacement
New Delhi: In a ruling that will immediately affect over five lakh defective water meter connections, the Delhi high court on Wednesday ordered their replacement and said proper metering of water supply is compulsory in the city.

Consumers in the city will now have to pay for every unit of water they use.

Work on a Rs 1,357.71-crore plan to lay an interceptor sewer along three major drains to control pollution in the Yamuna is expected to start on June this year and will be completed in 36 months, a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) affidavit in the Supreme Court said on Monday.

The DJB, represented by Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium in the Supreme Court, said the proposal for laying the interceptor sew

New Delhi: Consumers who do not have a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) connection, but discharge their sewage into its system, will now have to pay sewage charges.
The body took this decision at its board meeting on Thursday.

It has also extended its rebate scheme on payment of arrears to March 31, 2011.