New Delhi: Seeks explanation on Chief Secretary

Reports of a fortnight-long closure by Uttarakhand had set off panic in Delhi

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Attempting to quell public alarm over a reported two-week shutdown of water supply to the Capital by the Uttarakhand Government, the Delhi Jal Board on Tuesday clarified that the water utility is yet to receive word about the shutdown.

Uttarakhand May Shut Supply For Canal Cleaning From April 15

Residents of south and east Delhi may soon have to face water shortage with the Uttarakhand government planning to shut down supply to Delhi for two weeks. Sources revealed that the shut down will take place from April 15 to facilitate cleaning of parts of the Upper Ganga Canal near Hardwar in preparation for the Maha Kumbh in 2010.

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI: Almost a year and a half after it was launched, Delhi Jal Board

New Delhi: 5-MGD waste treatment plant to come up in Okhla; at present, almost 80% of the supply water turns into sewage and is treated, the rest goes down the drain, literally

New Delhi: These are essential in places where there is no piped water supply, says DJB CEO Ramesh Negi

Augmentation of the existing capacity of sewerage networks in the Capital

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi Jal Board is gearing up to get its ambitious project to resuscitate the Yamuna by constructing interceptor sewers off the ground, work related to augmentation of the existing capacity of sewerage networks and de-silting of sewers is way behind schedule.

Plans to cover an additional 1,429 colonies for supply of water apart from the existing areas

Staff Reporter

The production of water in Delhi has increased by around 40 MGD and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is expected to add 29 MGD more in next two months through Water Recycling Plants even then a huge gap between demand and supply persists.

Siddheshwar Shukla | New Delhi

Following complaints of "mucky potable water" in posh Delhi colonies a month ago, residents of South Patelnagar reported sewage in tap water over the past one week.

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