The Chandrawal treatment plant is also being upgraded under the plan. After the completion of the project, the capacity of this water treatment plant will be 105 MGD and this will enable around 22 lakh people in Delhi to get clean water at their homes.
Congress party has announced Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, wife of former Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, who collapsed during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, as party candidate for the upcoming bypolls in the Lok Sabha seat.
A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Jammu and Kashmir High Court decision relating to the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) to proceed with the selection process of Junior Engineer (Jal Shakti Department) and Sub-Inspector (Home Department).
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday participated in the 'Sushma Swaraj Award' program organized by BJP Mahanagar Mahila Morcha Dehradun in Dehradun and honoured 26 women who did excellent work in various fields.
The residents are advised to store sufficient quantity of water in advance as per requirement. Water tankers will be available on request, the DJB said.
In his letter, LG Saxena also flagged gross inaction on part of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in cleaning and desilting the pond reservoir behind the Wazirabad barrage, which supplies water to Wazirabad and Chandrawal Water Treatment Plants.
After Delhi LG VK Saxena raised concern over contaminated water being supplied to the people of national capital, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Chairman and Water Minister of Delhi Saurabh Bhardwaj asked the Delhi LG to take cognisance of illegal sand mining in Haryana.
Saurabh Bhardwaj said during the inspection that the water level in Yamuna had witnessed an unprecedented decrease. The condition of Yamuna today is usually seen in the months of April and May in Delhi.
Speaking at the inauguration of the 100th Janaushadi Center in Jayanagar organized on behalf of the Ministry of Fertiliser and Chemicals, CM Bommai said that special care has been taken for the health in Bengaluru.
In a feat that could not be accomplished in the past seven decades, the Centre's flagship 'Jal Jeevan Mission' started supply of potable tap water in areas inhabited by the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) 'Pando', a special backward tribe in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district.
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday recorded his statement before Delhi's Rouse Avenue court in a defamation case against Rajasthan's Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.