Dirty rivers
Prime Minister (PM) Atal Bihari Vajpayee recently admitted that all is not well with river cleaning projects in the country. While addressing the 11th meeting of the National River Conservation
Prime Minister (PM) Atal Bihari Vajpayee recently admitted that all is not well with river cleaning projects in the country. While addressing the 11th meeting of the National River Conservation
An official of the state government was explaining, at a meeting, the progress made to set up sewage treatment plants, drains and diversionary sewers in pursuit of a Supreme Court order to clean up
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the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court sc for cleaning the 22 kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the river, which is the source of 70 per cent of Delhi s drinking water, remains a dirty drain
two years ago the Supreme Court fixed 31 March 2003 as the deadline for cleaning the Yamuna. It s April 2003 now and unbelievably, the river that passes through India s capital city is actually dirtier. One frightening indication: this river has 118 milli
The Delhi High Court (HC) has directed the Union and state governments to remove all illegal encroachments, including places of worship, from the banks of Yamuna river within the next two months. The
Pegged at Rs 637 crore, the second phase of the Yamuna Action Plan (yap-ii) has been approved after discussions between the Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) and Japan Bank of
The mystery of large scale fish fatalities in the Yamuna near Agra and the conflicting official theories<br>A report by <b><i>Prabhanjan Verma</i></b>
Under pressure from the Supreme Court, the Delhi government resorts to a five day charade to clean up the Yamuna
The Delhi high court and the city's lower courts are proving to be the major obstacles in the way of cleaning the Yamuna river, the Union urban development ministry recently stated in a reply to the
The Union ministry of environment has been severely criticised by the Supreme Court for seeking five more years to clean up the river Yamuna. The ministry has been asked to file a statement
Once again the Supreme Court cracks the whip on erring ministries. This time it is accompanied by a fine
Under the first phase of the Yamuna Action Plan, the National River Conservation Directorate has approved a Rs 23.69-crore scheme for checking the discharge of untreated effluents from Sonepat into
Sullied and foul , the Yamuna is no longer the stuff of fiction or poetry
While private service stations bear the brunt of the Delhi government s green brigade, polluting railway service stations go scot free
Delhi s government is considering three proposals for water harvesting
For the past several months, Delhi has been witness to a half hearted government being prodded by a determined Supreme Court to clean the Yamuna. In September 1999, when the court banned the discharge of industrial effluents into the river, several indust
pristine coniferous and oak forests have been wantonly destroyed in the Kanasar forest division, about 70 km from Dehradun, in Uttar Pradesh. This was discovered by a team, comprising teachers
...and how it leads to environmental degradation
Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment