Delhi can learn much from Singapore’s journey to water security
6 years, 5 months ago

Delhi can learn much from Singapore’s journey to water security

Hindustan Times  

With the aim to increasing Delhi’s water supply by 50% in the next five years, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced a host of measures. Delhi’s poorer neighbourhoods often witness water riots even as affluent residents use drinking water to flush toilets, wash cars and water their lawns. Strict fines and punishments such as snapping connections if found wasting water, conservation efforts involving citizens and use of water-efficient bathroom fittings and washing machines have helped Singapore bring down per capita daily domestic water consumption from 165 litres to 143 litres since 2003. In comparison, the average per capita water consumption in Delhi, which struggles with a daily deficit of 17%, is as much as 170 litres per day. The poorer neighbourhoods often witness water riots even as affluent residents use drinking water to flush toilets, wash cars and water their lawns.

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Water supply to be stopped in these areas of South Delhi on December 12
1 month ago

Water supply to be stopped in these areas of South Delhi on December 12

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Jal Board on Tuesday said that the water supply in parts of South Delhi will be stopped during the morning hours on December 12 due to “maintenance work”, news agency PTI reported. Delhi faced an acute water supply crisis in October as high levels of ammonia contamination in the Yamuna River affected WTPs The affected areas include Tughlakabad …

Delhi’s pollution crisis needs evidence-based policy reform
2 months ago

Delhi’s pollution crisis needs evidence-based policy reform

New Indian Express  

The capital of the world’s largest democracy—Delhi—is grappling with a pollution crisis. With approximately 80 per cent of Delhi’s waste being generated by only about 20 per cent of the people, the city is finding itself in an increasingly challenging situation. For instance, the mechanised sweeping vans frequently seen on Delhi roads are largely ineffective due to several factors: uneven …

Groundwater table rose by 3m in Nilothi, Najafgarh: Report on Delhi lakes
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Groundwater table rose by 3m in Nilothi, Najafgarh: Report on Delhi lakes

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government’s lake revival project, based on recycling treated wastewater, has been successful in southwest Delhi, where the groundwater table has increased by up to 6 metres in the last three years, a new study by the Centre for Science and Environment has found. The report, titled “Back from the Brink: Rejuvenating India’s Lakes, Ponds, and Tanks – A …

OPINION | STOP POLITICISING DELHI WATER CRISIS ISSUE
6 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION | STOP POLITICISING DELHI WATER CRISIS ISSUE

India TV News  

Delhi and most parts of northern India are experiencing a scorching heat wave, but the problem has been worse confounded in the capital with severe water crisis in most parts of the city. Acute water crisis has now affected large parts of VVIP Lutyens' Zone area, with New Delhi Municipal Council reporting supply of only 70 to 80 MLD water …

City’s water production fell by 66 MGD over past week, says Atishi
7 months ago

City’s water production fell by 66 MGD over past week, says Atishi

The Hindu  

Water Minister Atishi on Friday said the quantity of water being produced by Delhi’s water treatment plants has seen a continuous fall over the past week due to insufficient supply by Haryana. The Aam Aadmi Party government has been accusing the Haryana government of not releasing the city’s share of water in the Yamuna river through the Munak canal, causing …

As Supreme Court Slams Govt Over ‘Wastage’, A Look At Delhi Water Crisis, And The 'Tanker Mafia'
7 months ago

As Supreme Court Slams Govt Over ‘Wastage’, A Look At Delhi Water Crisis, And The 'Tanker Mafia'

News 18  

The heatwave is back in Delhi after a short spell of rain and thunderstorm a couple of weeks ago. The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up the issue, and lambasted the AAP government in Delhi for wastage of water and ‘tanker mafia’ in the capital. The Delhi Jal Board’s summer bulletin on Tuesday reported that Delhi’s total water production was …

Delhi water crisis: Water for them is brick fights, financial burden, daily battle
7 months ago

Delhi water crisis: Water for them is brick fights, financial burden, daily battle

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In Kusumpur Pahadi’s Block E, the fight for water isn’t just a necessity; it’s a daily battle for survival. The words of Bhagwati Ghadiya from Kusumpur echo the sentiments of many: the two-hour window to access the pump is a fleeting opportunity, and failure to seize it means sacrificing the ability to perform essential tasks of the day.As …

SC directs the Yamuna River Board to hold an urgent meeting on June 5 to address Delhi’s water crisis
7 months, 1 week ago

SC directs the Yamuna River Board to hold an urgent meeting on June 5 to address Delhi’s water crisis

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on June 3 directed the Centre to hold an emergency meeting of its Upper Yamuna River Board with the States of Delhi, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to address water scarcity in the national capital amidst soaring temperatures crossing the 50-degree Celsius mark. It said the States, the Board and the Centre should address the issues raised by …

Delhi Water Crisis: Delhi Govt Moves Supreme Court Seeking Directions For Immediate Release Of Water From Haryana
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Water Crisis: Delhi Govt Moves Supreme Court Seeking Directions For Immediate Release Of Water From Haryana

Live Law  

In a recent development, the Delhi government has approached the Supreme Court seeking directions to the State of Haryana for immediate release of water to the crisis-hit national capital.Referring to the severe heatwave conditions prevailing in north India, particularly Delhi, the plea states that there is extraordinary and excessive surge of water demand in the capital. In a recent development, …

Delhi water crisis: AAP govt reaches Supreme Court, Arvind Kejriwal urges UP, Haryana for help
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi water crisis: AAP govt reaches Supreme Court, Arvind Kejriwal urges UP, Haryana for help

India TV News  

Delhi water crisis: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today urged the neighbouring states to provide some help amid the severe water crisis in the national capital. Delhi govt approaches Supreme Court amid water shortage Delhi government has approached the Supreme Court regarding the water scarcity problem in the national capital. Delhi govt sets up war room to monitor water tankers …

Bengaluru water crisis: Only solution is to use treated sewage water, says water expert Subramanya Kusnur
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru water crisis: Only solution is to use treated sewage water, says water expert Subramanya Kusnur

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Despite Bengaluru going through repeated water crises and the state suffering from a severe drought, political parties fail to mention it in their manifestos, said environmentalist Benedict Paramanand. TNIE spoke to water expert Subramanya Kusnur and Benedict Paramanand on the way out of this great water scarcity. Kusnur, who has met experts in IIT Bombay, said that since the …

Urban Agenda | The whats, whys and hows of India's first city water management competition
10 months, 1 week ago

Urban Agenda | The whats, whys and hows of India's first city water management competition

Hindustan Times  

Given how efficient water management is critical to over-populated, overheated, water-stressed urban areas, the Union government has initiated an ‘award and certification system’ to promote competition among states and cities to ensure water sources are well cared for, and citizens get access to clean drinking water. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 as an extension or a …

Delhi govt, state bureaucracy now battle over water
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi govt, state bureaucracy now battle over water

Hindustan Times  

Water is the subject of the latest instalment of the long-running feud between the union territory’s elected government on one side, and its bureaucracy and the lieutenant governor on the other with Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party government warning of a looming water crisis in the capital, attributing this to finance secretary Ashish Verma for stopping the release of a tranche …

CM inaugurates Delhi’s first RO ‘water ATM’; 500 more to be set up
1 year, 5 months ago

CM inaugurates Delhi’s first RO ‘water ATM’; 500 more to be set up

The Hindu  

: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the city’s first ‘water ATM’, which provides drinking water treated using the reverse osmosis process, in Mayapuri Phase 2 on Monday. The Delhi government has established four such water ATMs as part of a pilot project, said a senior official, adding that plans are afoot to set up a network of 500 water ATMs …

Delhi Floods: Water recedes, PM Modi takes stock of situations
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi Floods: Water recedes, PM Modi takes stock of situations

Op India  

Delhi continues to grapple with severe flooding caused by the swollen Yamuna River. However, amidst the crisis, the Aam Aadmi Party ruling in the Delhi government has engaged in a blame game with the Lieutenant Governor and the BJP, raising concerns about effective coordination in mitigating the floods. LG Vinai Kumar Saxena shared the details of the conversation on Twitter, …

Delhi's water crisis to be resolved within THIS time frame, claims Arvind Kejriwal
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi's water crisis to be resolved within THIS time frame, claims Arvind Kejriwal

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the water crisis in the national capital will be resolved within the next two-three years as the government is taking radical steps to tackle the problem, Delhi's capacity to produce water In 2015, Delhi's water production stood at 850 million gallons per day. Delhi govt sets target The government has set an …

Rejuvenation of waterbodies is key to improve water resilience, says study
1 year, 8 months ago

Rejuvenation of waterbodies is key to improve water resilience, says study

The Hindu  

Waterbodies are the key to recharging groundwater level and developing flood resilience. Building storage capacity in tanks, rainwater harvesting, and wastewater reuse will improve water resilience in the State. These are some of the solutions that find mention in the Sundaram Climate Institute ‘s report, “Making India Water Resilient — Lessons from Madurai” based on five years of study covering …

Water security major concern, India should revive ancient connect with nature: PM Modi
1 year, 10 months ago

Water security major concern, India should revive ancient connect with nature: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged water security as a major concern and called for the revival of the country’s “emotional connection” with nature, what he said the world’s calls “sustainable development”. “There shall be a tomorrow only if there is water, and for this we have to make joint efforts from today,” PM Modi said. Without naming anyone, …

Water should essentially be part of the development goal - News18
2 years ago

Water should essentially be part of the development goal - News18

News 18  

Water shortage is a serious issue that is being faced in several metropolitan cities in India. In India, the initiative by NITI Aayog of bringing out a Composite Water Management Index was a step in this direction wherein the relevance of a comprehensive and integrated national dataset for water was created; this may in the long run improve the performance …

Water crisis in Delhi: Several parts of Capital left high and dry
2 years, 7 months ago

Water crisis in Delhi: Several parts of Capital left high and dry

Hindustan Times  

The Capital is in the grip of a water crisis in the middle of a heatwave, with many parts of the city, including some in the central Lutyens’ area, and several upmarket south Delhi colonies, left high and dry. DJB officials said that barring East Delhi, water supply was hit across north, northwest, west and parts of south Delhi, as …

New water treatment plant will help rejuvenate the Yamuna: Kejriwal
2 years, 7 months ago

New water treatment plant will help rejuvenate the Yamuna: Kejriwal

The Hindu  

On his visit to the Wastewater Treatment Plant at Coronation Pillar on Wednesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the plant will play an important role in capturing and treating the sewage generated across a wide area in north Delhi. The places benefitting from the plant, which can treat 31.80 crore litres of wastewater daily, include Shakti Nagar, Kamla …

Water Governance: Blueprint To Tackle Water crisis
2 years, 10 months ago

Water Governance: Blueprint To Tackle Water crisis

The Hindu  

Water, although a finite resource, is grossly undervalued. Through its subsidiary company – Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited, Toshiba can develop water and sewage infrastructure, and offer comprehensive technologies ranging from planning to implementation to solve various water and environmental problems. With strong technical fundamentals and more than 650 highly skilled personnel who operate from offices in India, USA, Trinidad …

Wastewater: The key to meeting Delhi’s drinking water demand
3 years, 2 months ago

Wastewater: The key to meeting Delhi’s drinking water demand

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Delhi is a water-stressed city with a staggering demand-supply gap of more than 300 million gallons a day. “We are planning to re-utilise the highly treated sewage water to plug the demand-supply gap through four key projects — through water exchange with neighbouring states Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, by deploying the Singapore new water model in Palla, and …

Water supply in parts of Delhi likely to be hit due to Uttarakhand glacier burst
3 years, 11 months ago

Water supply in parts of Delhi likely to be hit due to Uttarakhand glacier burst

Hindustan Times  

Aam Aadmi Party leader and vice chairperson of Delhi Jal Board Raghav Chadha on Sunday informed that parts of the national capital are likely to face inadequate water supply as a fallout of the glacier burst in Uttarakhand that led to flash floods in the hill state’s Chamoli district. In a series of tweets, Chadha urged residents to use water …

Working on making Delhi's water supply as good as in developed nations, says CM Kejriwal
4 years, 3 months ago

Working on making Delhi's water supply as good as in developed nations, says CM Kejriwal

India Today  

The Delhi Government is working on making the capital's water supply as good as in developed nations, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. "We are hiring a consultant to tell us how to improve water supply management and ensure that not even a drop of water is wasted," Kejriwal said during a digital press conference. The city's water supply …

Without clean water, fighting diseases is a pipe dream
4 years, 9 months ago

Without clean water, fighting diseases is a pipe dream

Hindustan Times  

Today is World Water Day. Second, there’s an express need to invest more in water conservation efforts to ensure long-term availability of the resource, given its indiscriminate use and the larger context of the climate crisis. A 2017 World Bank report said about 160 million of the country’s 1.3 billion people don’t have access to clean water and that 21% …

Delhi is facing a water crisis. Ahead of day zero, the city's residents have turned to the mafia and murder
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi is facing a water crisis. Ahead of day zero, the city's residents have turned to the mafia and murder

ABC  

On a crisp Delhi morning, dozens of women, men and children in one of the city's poorest areas gather on the side of the road holding plastic bottles and buckets. "We are getting water now as it is winter, but the crisis deepens in summer," mother-of-three Babli Singh explained. Ms Singh and her family of nine live in what's considered …

Water quality spat: Paswan challenges Kejriwal to serve tap water at official meetings
5 years, 1 month ago

Water quality spat: Paswan challenges Kejriwal to serve tap water at official meetings

India TV News  

The war of words over quality of water in the national capital escalated on Thursday with Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan asking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to serve tap water at official meetings if he believed the water in Delhi was safe to drink. "I dare him to serve tap water in all his official meetings if …

Is Delhi's water safe? City clueless as netas fight
5 years, 1 month ago

Is Delhi's water safe? City clueless as netas fight

India Today  

Is the water we drink safe or not? In two of its reports, the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs said that the tap water samples from different locations of Delhi had failed to meet the quality norms. ORIGINS OF THE DISPUTE On September 27, BIS officials said that in preliminary tests, tap water samples from 11 different locations of Delhi …

Central ministers playing 'dirty politics' by saying drinking water in Delhi poisonous: Arvind Kejriwal
5 years, 1 month ago

Central ministers playing 'dirty politics' by saying drinking water in Delhi poisonous: Arvind Kejriwal

India TV News  

Days after a BIS report stated that drinking water in the national capital failed quality tests, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused the central ministers of playing "dirty politicis" and scaring people by saying that the city's drinking water is poisonous. "Its dirty politics, people are scared by the way Central ministers are saying Delhi water is poisonous," …

Which Indian city will run out of water first?
5 years, 5 months ago

Which Indian city will run out of water first?

Live Mint  

Every summer, residents in Indian cities brace themselves for the dreaded combination of extreme heat and water shortage. In 2015-16, according to data from the National Family Health Survey, 31% of urban households lacked access to piped water or public tap water—a proportion that has not decreased significantly for nearly two decades. There is no data on water levels in …

Recycling, recharge solutions for groundwater depletion: Arvind Kejriwal
5 years, 6 months ago

Recycling, recharge solutions for groundwater depletion: Arvind Kejriwal

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said recycling and recharge are solutions to the groundwater depletion in the country and said his government and the Centre are working together on a massive groundwater recharge programme for the national capital. Kejriwal, along with Union Jalshakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, laid the foundation stone for India's largest sewage treatment plant in …

In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop
5 years, 6 months ago

In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop

India Today  

In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India's rich and poor. India's water crisis is far from even-handed - the elite in Delhi and most other parts of the country remain unaffected while the poor scramble for supplies every day. WATER GANGS Delhi's main government district and …

As lakes are drying up, BMC now using water reserves to quench the thirst of Mumbai
5 years, 6 months ago

As lakes are drying up, BMC now using water reserves to quench the thirst of Mumbai

India TV News  

In an ominous statement, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation on Thursday warned of an impending water crisis looming over the country's commercial capital owing to delayed monsoon. Left with barely 4.95 per cent water stocks in all the lakes, the BMC has now started using its precious water reserves to quench the thirst of the city's 17 million people. Painting a …

Water crisis: Getting the priorities right
5 years, 6 months ago

Water crisis: Getting the priorities right

India Today  

In 2018, the Niti Aayog declared that India was staring at the worst water crisis in its history with 600 million people facing high-to-extreme water stress and about 200,000 people dying every year due to inadequate access to safe water. The Central Ground Water Board data shows water levels fell in 61 per cent of wells in the country between …

Delhi will ask Centre to increase its water share: Arvind Kejriwal
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi will ask Centre to increase its water share: Arvind Kejriwal

India TV News  

Chief Minister and Delhi Jal Board Chairman Arvind Kejriwal Monday said he would request the Centre to increase the quota of water allocated for the national capital, which has remained "unchanged" since 1994. He also said his government would provide 24x7 water supply to every resident of the city by 2024. The chief minister also said his government would provide …

Chennai: life in India’s first city that’s almost out of water
5 years, 6 months ago

Chennai: life in India’s first city that’s almost out of water

CNN  

Chennai, India CNN — As Manjula Sridhar went into the operation theater of a maternity ward in Chennai, the capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, her mother began arguing with the doctor over a water shortage that threatened to delay the delivery. “Because the level of water in the reservoirs has gone down, and due to less …

Delhi water crisis: Why it could get worse in coming years
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi water crisis: Why it could get worse in coming years

ABP News  

In the backdrop of high pitched blame-game between Delhi government and opposition parties over water scarcity in the capital, this issue in the current times demands immediate attention, more importantly from a perspective that gauges the environmental imbalance that Delhi has slipped into and its impact on ecology. Current city government is at the receiving end for not being able …

How a Delhi locality fought and won its water battle
5 years, 7 months ago

How a Delhi locality fought and won its water battle

India Today  

As parts of the country battle water crisis, Delhi's Nizamuddin East has set an example by setting up water harvesting facilities in the colony, which not only improved the water quality but also increased the water levels in the society. Thereby, recharging ground water which was earlier consumed, and adding required minerals to it," said Vandana Menon, secretary, Residents' Welfare …

Plans to revive 200 water bodies and other steps taken by Delhi Government to improve water supply
6 years, 6 months ago

Plans to revive 200 water bodies and other steps taken by Delhi Government to improve water supply

India Today  

Days after the report released by Niti Aayog on shortage of water, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured that the capital will not face any such issue in next two years. Highlights from Niti Aayog Report India is suffering from 'the worst water crisis' in its history with about 60 crore people facing high to extreme water stress and about …

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