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DJB approves 'One zone, one operator' model for sewer management

India, Oct. 1 -- The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday approved a Rs.17,969-crore plan to overhaul the Capital's sewer network by dividing the city into eight zones and placing the entire network in ... Read More


A year since bamboo grove experiment, garbage mounds return at Bhalswa site

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The plan was to set up a lush bamboo grove at the Bhalswa landfill, Delhi's infamous garbage mountain, marking its transformation into a "green zone". A five-acre reclaimed site w... Read More


NDMC to install streetlights, poles at 700 dark spots in Lutyens' Delhi

India, Sept. 25 -- New Delhi Against the backdrop of college students complaining of poorly lit stretches after the gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl at the Aastha Kunj Park earlier this week, senior c... Read More


Maa Anandmayee marg to get underpass, flyover to ease traffic

India, Sept. 24 -- The Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC) on Wednesday cleared the Public Works Department (PWD)'s proposal to decongest the ... Read More


4 in 10 Delhi households still without sewage connections: Jal Board

India, Sept. 24 -- Around four in every 10 households in Delhi, most of them in unauthorised colonies and slum clusters, are still not connected to the city's sewage network, according to Delhi Jal Bo... Read More


4 in 10 delhi homes not connected to sewage network

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Around four in every 10 Delhi households are not connected to the sewage network, according to DJB estimates. Officials said this remains the biggest challenge to Delhi's target... Read More


Flyover, underpass cleared on Maa Anandmayee Marg

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC) on Wednesday approved the Public Works Department (PWD)'s proposal to decongest... Read More


Delhi residents flag gaps in waste management amid new rules, user fee levy

India, Sept. 23 -- New Delhi Residents' bodies across Delhi expressed concerns over inadequate door-to-door collection and lack of integration of informal waste collectors into the system, while expe... Read More


New Delhi Municipal Council notifies new waste rules with higher charges

India, Sept. 23 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has framed new waste management byelaws for Lutyens' Delhi, mandating four-way segregation of waste at source, increasing monthly user charges... Read More


MCD's winter roadwork target still 50% incomplete: Report

India, Sept. 23 -- With the annual winter pollution season at Delhi's doorstep, data from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) shows that nearly half of the roadwork targeted for completion before... Read More