Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/07/2015 regarding Yamuna pollution. Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation and Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Haryana informed the Tribunal that ten cumecs water would be continued to …
A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over pollution affecting the Taj Mahal and linked it to the polluted Yamuna river that flows along the monument in Agra. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forest headed by Congress MP Ashwani Kumar suggested that a water body …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on cleaning of Yamuna, 23/07/2015. For pollution abatement of river Yamuna, financial assistance is being provided to Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh since 1993 in a phased manner under the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP). The major works under JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) assisted YAP …
The National Green Tribunal has pulled up Delhi government, Delhi Jal Board and the corporations for failing to submit progress reports on steps taken by them for reducing pollution in the Yamuna. It also issued directions to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for dumping construction waste on the riverbed saying that …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution of Ganga and Yamuna rivers, 21/07/2015. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under the Pollution Inventorization Assessment and Surveillance Project has inventorised 764 Grossly Polluted Industries (GPI) along the main stem of River Ganga. The CPCB has issued directions under Section 5 of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench,New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 21/07/2015 regarding dumping of construction debris belonging to DMRC lying at Mayur Vihar to Srai Kale Khan, near old Pantoon Road.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 14/07/2015 regarding cleaning and restoring the water in river Yamuna to its pristine form. The Tribunal in its order said that "we see no reason as to …
NEW DELHI: An order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) pronounced on Tuesday could have grave repercussions for the Akshardham Temple. Manoj Mishra, an environmentalist who has been challenging the alleged unauthorized expansion of the temple complex located on the Yamuna floodplains, had filed an application against office memorandums issued …
A farmers' body today approached the National Green Tribunal against the demolition drive on their farms carried out by DDA in pursuance to the green panel's ban order on cultivation of edible crop on floodplains of Yamuna here. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had on June 16 demolished huts and …
A committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal has suggested that use of fresh water should be prohibited and made an offence in order to maintain the minimum environmental flow of Yamuna river. The principal committee, headed by Shashi Shekhar, the secretary in the ministry of water resources, was constituted …
GURGAON: Pollution in the Yamuna seems to be going from bad to worse. The MCG has, for the first time, admitted that untreated sewage water also gets into the Najafgarh drain that connects to the Yamuna. This was after a test, conducted by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board in …
In a bid to curb pollution in Yamuna, the Delhi Development Authority has decided to develop a wetland on the floodplains to treat the water of Barapullah drain before it is released into the river. Also in the works is a biodiversity park near Okhla bird sanctuary . The wetland …
Despite attempts being taken to tackle the menacing problem of pollution in Delhi, the situation continues to remain grim with air, water, noise and vehicular pollution registering an alarming increase during the last few years. Delhi has witnessed an excessive increase in water, noise and vehicular pollution, while the quality …
The Economic Survey has highlighted poor water quality of the Yamuna river while pointing out that the river crossing the Capital was polluted by the flow of untreated sewage and discharge of industrial effluents. The annual average of Dissolved Oxygen ranged from 0.20mg/l (milligrams per litre) at Shahdara to 8.48 …
A Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee delegation, led by its president Ajay Maken, met lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday to discuss the issue of farmers who cultivate vegetables on the banks of the Yamuna. Mr Maken informed the lieutenant-governor about the farmers who have been growing vegetables on the Yamuna riverbanks …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs. Govt. of NCT, Delhi & Ors. dated 19/06/2015 regarding water supply in the city of Delhi. The Tribunal noted that stinking and dirty water flows through the water supply lines …
For 43-year-old Yash Pal and his family of five, their daily income of Rs 400 has been crushed by bulldozers. A farmer at Bela Estate located right behind Vijay Ghat, Pal along with 80 others residing there had to see their produce being destroyed as the DDA is clearing encroachments …
AGRA: As many as 21 of the 41 drains (nullahs) in the city directly discharge sewage into the river Yamuna instead of being routed through a treatment plant, according to Jal Nigam officials. Moreover, the condition of the remaining 20 nullahs which are connected to a treatment plant overflow during …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed a principal committee, constituted by it, to hold a meeting to determine the environmental flow of Yamuna from Hatnikhund barrage in Haryana up to Agra in Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the committee, headed by …
The Yamuna's condition may improve soon, but only slightly. The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Haryana government to maintain a flow of at least 10 cumecs of water at Hathnikund barrage, in compliance with an earlier Supreme Court order. Based on a committee's recommendations, the apex court in …
