New Delhi: Not only were the large scale immersions on the occasion of Dashmi on Monday detrimental to the river, they have also ensured that large parts of Delhi do not get water supply for almost five days.
NEW DELHI: Even as the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department has closed down the Upper Ganga Canal for annual maintenance, the Delhi Jal Board has announced that the city will continue to get its share of Ganga water.
A senior Delhi Jal Board official said on Tuesday that the canal maintenance work would not affect the Capital
The UP Irrigation Department on Tuesday closed the Upper Ganga Canal for its annual maintenance exercise. A senior Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official said the canal will be closed till Diwali on October 17.
In an attempt to make the water distribution system more efficient in the city, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to come up with an online data network.
The online data system will check the quality of water, control its flow and centrally monitor its availability.
The Delhi high court sought a report from the DJB on a PIL alleging that the water supply has been `zero' in several parts of east Delhi for the last few months
NEW DELHI: Incessant rain over the past two days that almost brought the Capital to a halt has given the Delhi Jal Board reason to cheer. The increased amount of water flowing into the Yamuna hopefully means no shortfall of water supply for the city over the next few weeks.
Being criticised for erratic water supply in several areas of the Capital, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday defended itself in the Delhi High Court saying that low pressure water supply in Delhi resulted due to the population explosion in the city.
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Decks have been cleared for laying of ambitious interceptor sewer project to improve the condition of Yamuna after the fund starved Delhi government made arrangements for Rs 800 crores for the Delhi Jal Board.
The Delhi government has arranged a loan from Hudco to partly fund the Rs 3,000crore project for the first year of operation.
