Delhi Jal Board
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Uttarakhand flash floods: High turbidity likely to affect water supply in parts of Delhi
India | Feb 14, 2021, 01:51 PM ISTFollowing a break in a glacier in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, flash floods in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers caused massive destruction of lives and property, last week.
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Water supply alert! South Delhi may face disruption on Friday, Saturday
India | Jan 14, 2021, 08:41 PM ISTPeople living in several parts of South Delhi will not get water supply from Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Friday evening and then again on Saturday morning, an official statement by Delhi JAl Board stated.
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Delhi Jal Board issues notices to govt depts over pending bills of Rs 6,811 cr
India | Sep 29, 2020, 01:54 PM ISTDelhi Jal Board vice-chairman Raghav Chadha on Tuesday said the DJB has issued notices to several central government departments, including Railways and Delhi Police, and municipal corporations asking them to clear dues amounting to Rs 6,811 crore within 30 days.
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3 Delhi Jal Board staff test COVID-19 positive
India | May 28, 2020, 06:42 PM ISTAdhering to the government's guidelines to contain the spread of the deadly virus, the second floor of the Varunalaya Complex, the headquarters of the DJB, will "remain close from the second half of Thursday to Saturday.
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Delhi water pollution: 32 teams formed to collect 1400 water samples; test results in month
India | Nov 19, 2019, 06:37 PM ISTThis comes days after a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) report stated that drinking water in the city failed quality test.
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Delhi stops 2 water treatment plants due to high ammonia level
India | Sep 30, 2019, 10:22 AM ISTHigh ammonia levels due to industrial waste being dumped into the Yamuna at Panipat has forced Chandrawal and Wazirabad Water Treatment Plants to stop operations.
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Water supply to be affected in many parts of Delhi: Delhi Jal Board
India | Aug 20, 2019, 10:12 PM ISTThe Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Tuesday said the pumping of water from Wazirabad, Chandrawal and Okhla plants was affected due to high turbidity in raw water from the Yamuna river.
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Delhi will ask Centre to increase its water share: Arvind Kejriwal
India | Jun 24, 2019, 03:55 PM ISTHe also said his government would provide 24x7 water supply to every resident of the city by 2024.
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Delhi Jal Board claims water supplied by it fit to drink straight from tap, RO purifiers not needed
India | May 31, 2019, 07:07 AM ISTWhen government utilities like the DJB,are supplying water after cleaning it, there's no need for people to install ROs, an official of the Delhi Jal Board said.
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Delhi to get more water supply this summer as Kejriwal gives nod to four new projects
India | Jan 03, 2019, 09:45 AM ISTFor the newly-identified water pockets in Dwarka, Kejriwal said that it is expected to create an additional 22.5 MLD water for the area.
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Failure to utilise treated waste water: NGT directs Delhi CS, DJB to deposit Rs 1 cr each with CPCB
India | Nov 27, 2018, 08:30 PM ISTThe green panel said failure of the Chief Secretary as well as DJB to prepare an action plan on the issue was detrimental to environment and also to the rule of law.
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Labourer dies while cleaning sewer with three others at Delhi Jal Board
India | Oct 21, 2018, 11:42 PM ISTThe police came to know about the incident at around 7:30 am. They were told that the labourer was brought dead from the Delhi Jal Board Pump House in Jahangirpuri.
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Body of Delhi Jal Board officer found in a car near South Campus
News | May 04, 2018, 01:56 PM ISTBody of Delhi Jal Board officer found in a car near South Campus, police begin probe
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Yamuna reduced to sewer line: NGT slams Delhi Jal Board
India | Mar 07, 2018, 05:04 PM IST"You want Haryana to give you more water for dilution of the pollutants in the river but show us what have you done. Yamuna in your territory has become a sewer line," the bench observed.
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Delhi Jal Board passes proposal to increase water rate by 20 per cent
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Delhi Jal Board passes proposal to increase water rate by 20 per cent, new rates effective from Jan 1
India | Dec 26, 2017, 02:20 PM ISTA decision regarding this was taken in a meeting attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Explained in 10 points: Delhi Jal Board’s Rs 400 cr tanker scam that will see two CMs being investigated
National | Jun 17, 2016, 07:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Trouble escalated for both former and incumbent CMs of Delhi Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal when LG Najeeb Jung forwarded the Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) complaint to ACB to probe the Rs 400 tanker scam.
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Nearly two weeks needed to restore Delhi water supply completely: Minister
National | Feb 25, 2016, 08:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Thursday said that it would take nearly two weeks to completely restore water supply in the national capital."We cannot restore the water supply fully in the entire
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140 water filling points made functional in Delhi
India | Feb 21, 2016, 11:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today made 140 water filling points functional to feed tankers which would be sent across the city, reeling under an unprecedented water crisis due to the Jat stir
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CVC awaits sanction to prosecute 47 corrupt officials
India | Oct 02, 2015, 07:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission is awaiting sanction from different departments for over four months to prosecute 47 government employees, including some IAS officials, for their alleged involvement in corruption.As per norms, sanction for