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Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is the government agency responsible for supply of potable water to most of the National Capital Territory region of Delhi, India.Delhi Jal Board was constituted on 6 April 1998 through an Act of the Delhi Legislative Assembly incorporating the previous Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Undertaking.
Status:In force. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2023 also commonly known as Delhi Services Act,[1]is a bill that extends the Central Government'scontrol of services and gives powers to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhiover the capital city's elected Government. [2][3]
The Government of Delhi, officially the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi ( GNCTD; ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī Sarakāra) is the governing body of India 's National Capital Territory of Delhi, whose urban area is the seat of the Union Government. It also governs the city or local governments in the area ...
Low-lying areas around New Delhi remain flooded, despite the River Jamuna's water levels slowly starting to recede. The water level of the Jamuna River flowing through India's capital topped a 40 ...
The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 (or the GNCTD Amendment Act) [1] was enacted by the Government of India on 28 March 2021. [2] It amends the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 to give primacy to the centrally appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and make the elected ...
Despite the large piped network, with some areas receiving intermittent water supply, there are large areas that lack coverage. [10] Reliance on dubious private water vendors is costly. For example, in Delhi water trucks get water from illegal wells on the banks of the Yamuna River for 0.75 rupees per gallon (about US$2.70/m 3). [11]
After India's independence and with the passing of the Government of Part C States Act, 1951, Delhi was classified as a Part C state, [1] [2] [3] with an appointed chief commissioner and an elected chief minister-led council of ministers, which had powers over "public utilities, sanitation, water supply et al.", that was accountable and ...
Since 1952, National Capital Territory of Delhi has had 7 chief ministers, starting with the Indian National Congress party's Chaudhary Brahm Prakash.Shortly after his term ended, the office of chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi was abolished for 37 years until 2 December 1993, when the Bharatiya Janata Party's Madan Lal Khurana was sworn in.