Sewage tsunami on Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, commuters fume over agency inactionA service road on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway is flooded. Untreated sewage from Narsinghpur village is flowing onto the road. The drain is...
08 Nov, 2024, 12.53 PM IST
NGT slams Delhi Jal Board over Yamuna pollution, says pollutants being discharged continuouslyA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel said it is clear that major problem of preventing pollution by discharge of sewage, indu...
29 Jan, 2021, 02.51 PM IST
At least 3-5 yrs needed to upgrade sewage treatment plants to reduce frothing in Yamuna: Delhi govt"The upgradation of all STPs in UP, Haryana and Delhi to treat the wastewater as per the latest standards, which will substantially reduce ...
28 Jan, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
DJB seeks support from UP, Haryana to contain pollution in YamunaThe Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has been continuously working to upgrade and augment the capacities of its sewage treatment plants so that untrea...
07 Dec, 2020, 10.19 PM IST
- Losing the pollution fight against Shahdara drain24 Aug, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
New Yamuna agency must clear Delhi's sewage messAccording to a report by Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the capital's 13 common effluent treatment plants are treating only 22% of indu...
15 Aug, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
6 sewage plants to be set up as first step in Ganga cleaningThere are a number of other plans lined up for PM Modi's pet project, which are to be announced in due course after studying the feasibilit...
25 Jul, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
6 sewage plants to be set up as first step in Ganga cleaningKicking off the process to implement its ambitious clean Ganga mission, the Centre has sanctioned six new sewage treatment plants (STPs) fo...
25 Jul, 2014, 06.25 AM IST
Sewage respite for Yamuna by year-endDelhi Jal Board CEO Vijay Kumar says that, once the project is completed, DJB would be trapping only about 75% of the city's total sewage.
13 Jun, 2014, 11.05 AM IST
- Hitachi offers innovative solutions to water-related problems
Hitachi comprises of water systems like seawater desalination system, water treatment, sewage water recycling, industrial waste water treat...
13 Dec, 2013, 11.50 AM IST
Congestion, poor roads and sewerage key concerns for Malviya NagarLack of proper footpaths, encroachment and traffic congestion have been haunting the residents of this area since a long time.
30 Nov, 2013, 12.13 PM IST
Rs 6,500 crore and 19 years later, Yamuna dirty as everSix years after Delhi Jal Board proposed interceptor sewers to treat sewage before it flows into major drains, just Rs 51 crore of the Rs 1...
11 Mar, 2013, 08.53 AM IST
- 'Excreta Does Matter' seminar to be held in New Delhi
Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) is organizing the second Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2013: 'Excreta Does Matter', on urban India's water s...
27 Feb, 2013, 07.06 PM IST
- Ganga water contamination exceeds permissible limit
Bacterial contamination in the Ganges has exceeded the maximum permissible limit at a number of locations even as 80 per cent of pollution ...
14 Aug, 2012, 04.27 PM IST
- Rs 1,656 cr Yamuna Action Plan-III likely to be approved soon
The government is likely to give its approval soon for the ambitious Rs 1,656 crore Yamuna Action Plan-III, which is exclusively focused on...
27 Mar, 2011, 08.43 PM IST
- Haryana govt seeks Central role to reduce pollution in Yamuna
Blaming Delhi for turning the Yamuna river to a sewage drain, Haryana government has sought the central government's intervention to reduce...
19 Aug, 2009, 10.39 PM IST
- Court orders jail for ex-DJB CEO
Delhi High Court ordered a twoweek jail term for former DJB CEO Arun Mathur and two other top officials of the Board for their failure to p...
26 Nov, 2008, 09.11 AM IST