Satyendar Jain holds review meeting with Delhi Jal Board
Satyendar Jain directed officials to increase water production capacity at Haiderpur WTP by utilising 16 MGD of waste water produced during water treatment. Updated: December 20, 2020 9:46:28 am
Satyendar Jain instructed DJB to tap the Supplementary Drain at Rohini and treat the wastewater at the sewage treatment plant in the area. (file)
Water minister Satyendar Jain Saturday directed Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials to install ozone-based units to treat high ammonia levels at two water treatment plants (WTPs) in Delhi on a priority basis.
The two treatment plants at Chandrawal and Wazirabad are severely affected when the ammonia concentration rises in the Yamuna, a DJB statement said.
Attack on UN vehicle: India rejects Pakistan charge, says should probe own lapses
Pakistan Foreign ministry said it has taken up the “attack” by India on the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) Observers and their vehicle along the LoC with the UN, urging it to initiate a transparent investigation into the incident. December 21, 2020 1:04:01 am
MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava
INDIA ON Sunday rejected Pakistan’s allegations regarding Indian forces targeting a UN vehicle and called them “incorrect and false”, and asked Islamabad to “responsibly investigate its lapses”.
MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, “Allegations by Pakistan regarding Indian forces deliberately targeting a UN vehicle on 18 December, 2020, have been investigated in detail and found to be factually incorrect and false. Our forward troops were aware of the visit of UN Military Observers in the area and did not conduct a
Delhi Confidential: Damage Control
According to sources, he has been advised to improve ties with state leaders and local media. On Sunday, he announced a health insurance scheme for journalists in the state. December 21, 2020 1:27:56 am
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb, believed to be enjoying the confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, seemed to have miffed the BJP leadership recently with his announcement to hold a public meeting to “seek people’s mandate” amid strife in the party. Now he is on a “recovery” track, said party sources. According to sources, he has been advised to improve ties with state leaders and local media. On Sunday, he announced a health insurance scheme for journalists in the state.
Expect Delhi forest dept to be revamped ‘for meaningful enforcement of rule of law’: NGT
In its compliance report, the Delhi govt said it had started the process to fill 226 vacant posts. The total number of posts are 434. December 20, 2020 10:40:47 pm
“The application will stand disposed of with the hope and expectation that the authorities concerned will revamp the forest department appropriately for meaningful enforcement of rule of law,” the order stated.
Hearing an application about staff vacancies and for enhancing infrastructure of the forest department, a National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench earlier this week said it expected the Delhi forest department to be revamped “for meaningful enforcement of the rule of law”.
Delhi govt to take a call on real-time pollution study
Sources of pollution in the capital have been identified in previous studies by institutions including IIT-Kanpur, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Central Pollution Control Board. December 21, 2020 4:13:39 am
Another Delhi government official said, A final report from the expert committee is expected next week. (File)
A decision to continue the project for real-time assessment of air pollution sources in Delhi, being done in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis, will be taken this week by the Delhi government, officials said.
After a year-long study of pollution sources in the capital, the University had submitted their findings in a report to a three-member expert committee, comprising representatives of IIT-Kanpur, among others, around April this year.