Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Delhi Jal Board was first approached by Parivartan in November 2004, following a report by the newspaper The Asian Age, where the scheme was revealed to the public for the first time. [11] [12] The DJB denied the existence of the project, but after an appeal, the RTI request was granted. The documents revealed that the project began in 1998 ...
The DICCI had signed an agreement with the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in 2019 to implement a technology-based solution for sewer cleaning and eliminate manual scavenging in Delhi. [13] As part of the agreement, approximately 189 contractors from marginalized communities were employed to clean sewer lines.
Saurabh Bharadwaj is an Indian politician from the Aam Aadmi Party, representing Greater Kailash constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. [2] He was the Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and Minister of Health, Urban development and water since 9 March 2023. He was stripped of his positions on 8 August 2023 and his ministries were given to ...
Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant is a crucial facility operated by the Delhi Jal Board located in the Sonia Vihar area of northeast Delhi. Established in 2006, the plant processes 80 cusecs of water sourced from the Upper Ganga Canal.
In 2012 the Delhi Jal Board contracted out operations and management in three zones of the city to private companies under performance-based contracts to reduce non-revenue water. The Vasant Vihar-Mehrauli zone is operated by SMPL Infrastructure of India, Malviya Nagar by Suez Environnement and the Nangloi zone by Veolia Environnement. [59]
The annual budget of the corporation is in excess of ₹ 16,000 crore (US$1.9 billion). [2] MCD is one of three municipalities in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), which administers the New Delhi area, and the Delhi Cantonment Board, which administers the Delhi Cantonment. It is ...
Central Water Commission (CWC) is a premier Technical Organization of India in the field of Water Resources and is presently functioning as an attached office of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India.
The post was established in September 1966, following the enactment of The Delhi Administration Act, 1966. Thereafter, the former Delhi Legislative Assembly was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council comprising 56 elected and 5 nominated members with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi presiding as its head. The Council, however, had no ...