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 …
NEW DELHI: It is likely to be an important day for the lifeless Yamuna, as the National Green Tribunal is likely to take a decision on how its "ecological flow" can be restored. On Wednesday , the NGT bench issued notices to the chief secretaries of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Himachal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India &Ors. dated 11/06/2015 regarding the environmental flow of river Yamuna. The Chairman of the Principal Committee on the project “Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalization Plan, 2017” submited its Report to …
GURGAON: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the MCG and HUDA to submit by Wednesday a detailed action plan to check the discharge of untreated waste water into the Najafgarh drain that connects to Yamuna. The NGT order came a day after the Haryana State Pollution Control Board …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 10/06/2015 regarding pollution in river Yamuna. The Tribunal in its order noted that there was an agreement signed between the States of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, UP, Haryana, Delhi …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of D.K. Joshi Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 08/06/2015 regarding illegal constructions on flood plain and river bed of Yamuna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
GURGAON: HUDA has asked the senior town planner to initiate action against 10 builders, including mall owners, housing societies and commercial complexes, for discharging untreated toxic sewage into drains reaching the Yamuna. This follows a joint survey they held recently with the state pollution control body. Gurgaon's senior town planner …
Only half of Delhi is connected to sewer lines, which means that the other half’s waste flows, untreated, into the Yamuna. Though the Delhi Jal Board is constantly expanding its 7,200-km-long sewer network, rapid development has left large portions of the city without any alternative. A senior DJB official said: …
Despite various efforts of the government to depollute rivers across the country, water was found unsafe for drinking without treatment, according to a survey conducted by a green advocacy body. A survey by TERI of seven major river cities revealed that 86 per cent of the respondents affirmed that it …
TERI releases Environmental Survey 2015 A latest survey conducted to gauge the perception of people toward various environmental issues in the Capital has revealed that over 92 per cent of city dwellers feel the condition of the Yamuna is indeed “poor”. Even as 60 per cent people perceived that air …
The Yamuna, which travels through Delhi collecting garbage, sewage, construction waste, religious offerings and industrial effluents, may still have a chance to become pollution-free. Environmentalists say the National Green Tribunal-imposed compensation fee to be collected by the Delhi Jal Board will boost efforts to clean the river, which has become …
The Yamuna river has failed to show any improvement in its pollution level in the past one year despite gradual reduction in pollution load contributed by major drains in Delhi, according to an Union environment ministry report. According to the environment ministry’s annual report (2014-15), a Central Pollution Control Board …
The garbage collection points will be constructed in localities around these so that the drains and eventually the Yamuna are spared further pollution. In an attempt to alleviate the growing pollution of Yamuna, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation plans to construct garbage collection points in areas near the drains leading …
The National Green Tribunal today issued notice to the Delhi government and Delhi Jal Board on an NGO's plea seeking action against stainless steel pickling industries in Wazirpur here, which are not complying with mandatory pollution standards. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi passed the order after the …
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Union environment and forest ministry (MoEF) to present the expert committee report on the River Regulation Zone while hearing a plea against encroachments on the floodplains of the Yamuna and Hindon. The tribunal told the government it wants the report by …
Agra/Vrindavan: District officials here have been visiting the banks of the Yamuna for the past couple of days to gather information about encroachments on the river-bed. This follows a notice issued by the National Green Tribunal. The Agra Development Authority, municipal corporation and the Agra district magistrate have to respond …
Shyamlal Yadav outlines the national effort to clean the holy river, its history, and what has changed. On May 13, the Cabinet approved the flagship Namami Gange programme to clean and protect the Ganga, incorporating significant new funding and implementation elements. Shyamlal Yadav outlines the national effort to clean the …
A day after government gave a Rs 20,000 crore boost to its flagship 'Namami Gange' programme, the Union water resource minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said around Rs 7,000 crore would be spent on payment of dues of previous clean Ganga projects, which have escalated due to time and cost …
The Haryana government has constituted a committee and ordered it to come up with an action plan to check the discharge of toxic waste into the Yamuna via the Badshapur drain. The panel has been asked to submit the proposal to the urban local bodies department by Saturday. The decision …
The DDA prepared an agenda after the NGT in March directed the department to clean up the river and stop the dumping of construction material and debris into the river. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is in the process of analysing 25-year-old data on delineation of floodplains along the Yamuna. …
With various agencies plan and prod one another over its cleaning, flowing Yamuna remains a dream. Every toilet in Delhi flows straight into the Yamuna, turning it into a public cesspool. While various agencies plan and prod one another over its cleaning, and thousands of crores are spent, a pristine, …
