Delhi government approves Rs 1,000 crore projects for Yamuna rejuvenationThe government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, is working in mission mode for the rejuvenation of the Yamuna and the cleaning of the Naj...
24 May, 2026, 07.25 PM IST
Delhi traffic jam alert: Major West Delhi road shut for 45 days, commuters may face long jamsA major road in West Delhi, near Nawada Metro Station, has been shut for 45 days for sewer line repairs, causing significant traffic disrup...
24 May, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
'Our homes smell like a sewer': Janakpuri residents say black water has flowed from taps for five monthsWest Delhi's Janakpuri faces a severe water contamination crisis, with residents enduring foul-smelling tap water for five months. This has...
30 Apr, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
One sanitation worker dead, 2 critical in SatnaIn Satna, Madhya Pradesh, a tragic incident occurred where a sanitation worker lost his life and two others are in critical condition after...
25 Sep, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
Unclean sewers in Tihar Jail: Judges reduced to municipal commissioners, says Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court expressed displeasure with civic officials regarding the unhygienic conditions in Tihar Jail. This was due to blocked ...
20 Aug, 2025, 04.46 PM IST
Bad roads, sewer, water supply key concerns in SW DelhiNon-existent roads and sewer lines, no piped water supply, a tangled web of overhead low hanging electricity wires and poor infrastructure ...
01 Feb, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Desilting of 32.58 km of trunk, peripheral sewer lines in Delhi completed: OfficialsChoked and silted sewer lines lead to sewerage overflowing into storm water drains that fall into the Najafgarh drain. These sewer lines wh...
15 Apr, 2023, 06.54 PM IST
Desilting of 200 km of sewer lines biggest challenge in cleaning Yamuna: Officials to Delhi LGWhile 90.34 kilometres of sewer lines were projected to be cleaned by June, the remaining 110 kilometres were expected to be cleaned by Sep...
14 Mar, 2023, 07.41 PM IST
Waste disposal in drains leads to cracks in a few Aligarh housesSuresh Chand, chief engineer of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation, told ET that at least five houses that he inspected had cracks. "A sewer...
12 Jan, 2023, 12.41 AM IST
Delhi lacked 'plan' to provide water, sewer facilities in unauthorised colonies between 2013-18The CAG conducted performance audit of two schemes. "Providing potable water supply in unauthorised colonies" and "providing sewerage facil...
05 Jul, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
Delhi government to give free sewer connection to 25,000 households; RO water in Jhuggi-Jhopri clustersThe utility has earmarked Rs 19 crore to provide free sewer connectivity in 12 colonies in Karawal Nagar and Mustafabad under the 'Mukhyama...
05 May, 2022, 07.32 PM IST
Sewer deaths to invite jail term of up to 10 yearsSeveral manual scavengers have died while cleaning sewer lines in Delhi in the recent years.
25 Sep, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Missing 500 metre sewer link in Bengaluru brings 10,000 truckloads of sewage into rain drainOver 10k truckloads of sewage is flowing through the stormwater drain near Mysuru Road every day. This is due to a 500m gap in the sewer li...
13 Jun, 2018, 12.42 PM IST
82 % work done on interceptor sewerage project: MinisterThe project is aimed at improving quality of Yamuna water by commissioning of wastewater intercepting sewer along the three major drains Na...
14 Dec, 2015, 04.58 PM IST
Pilot project to improve sewerage facility gets nodAccording to the government, the pilot project will be first implemented at Aya Nagar which is a village cum unauthorised colony as it does...
17 Jul, 2015, 09.49 PM IST
Muck raking BWSSB looks away as Bengaluru's central business districts drown in sewageGeospatial data available with the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board show 1,301 m of sewage line, circa 1970 from Anil Kumble circl...
05 Feb, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
Delhi Jal Board defers decision on increasing water tariff by 10 per centDelhi Jal Board (DJB) today deferred a decision on increasing water tariff by 10 per cent. which was to come into effect from January 1, 20...
26 Dec, 2014, 10.46 PM IST