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 …
ays Building On Floodplain Not A Good Idea For Yamuna Delhi's bid to rep licate the Sabarmati riverfront development project for Yamuna has taken a controversial turn. C R Babu, DU professor emeritus and chairman of the state-level expert appraisal committee, has advised the lieutenant governor and the capital's bureaucrats …
Installing more sewage and effluent treatment plants and restricting the discharge of untreated wastewater into drains are among the recommendations of a high-power committee convened by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung to clean the polluted Yamuna river in Delhi. The panel's recommendations come at a time when there are already reports of …
The first leg of the sewage interceptor system, held up by the Delhi government as the only solution to the Yamuna problem, is expected to be complete by 2014-end. The entire project, that involves laying of parallel conduits along the three main drains in Delhi and upgrading sewage treatment plants, …
Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Mathura, Hema Malini, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured her to include the river Yamuna in the 'Clean Ganga Campaign', which is on the priority of the National Democratic Alliance Government's agenda. "I had a discussion with the PM and he assured me …
A 13-member team of Delhi state government was on a study tour of the Sabarmati riverfront on Thursday. The team, led by environment and forests secretary Sanjiv Kumar, included officials from Delhi Jal Board, urban designers and horticulturists. The objective of the tour was to analyze as to how the …
On the eve of World Environment Day, the Capital does not score very high on the environmental report card going by the views of environmentalists and conservationists based in the city. While successive governments have long debated on what needs to be done to clean the Yamuna, the river has …
NOIDA: The state irrigation department in Meerut has prepared an exhaustive plan for removal of construction debris from the Yamuna and its banks and to stop further dumping. The department has sent the proposal to its headquarters in Lucknow for approval. The Ganga division of the irrigation department has prepared …
Pollution levels and state of drains to be studied Hearing two petitions relating to dumping of waste and debris into the Yamuna and encroachments on storm water drains (SWDs), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday considered the technical advice submitted by the Civil Engineering Department of IIT-Delhi and set …
Sets up two panels to look into pollution and state of drains Hearing two petitions relating to dumping of waste and debris into the Yamuna and the covering and encroachments of storm water drains (SWDs), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday considered the technical advice submitted by the Civil …
This is the final report on the sewerage master plan for Delhi 2031 (SMP 2031) released by Delhi Jal Board in collaboration with AECOM-WAPCOS team. Says that SMP 2031 shall ensure extension of sewerage facilities in the unplanned areas by integrating with existing network and sewerage infrastructure. As the population …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashok Mittal & Others Vs. NCT of Delhi & Others dated 30/05/2014 regarding pollution of river Yamuna resulting from the drains sewage.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday reserved its final orders on two applications, one with regard to dumping of waste and debris and encroachment in the Yamuna’s floodplains, and the other challenging civic agencies’ coverage of stormwater drains hampering drainage, while it sought technical advice from the Indian Institute …
The High Power Committee on Air and Water Pollution, set up by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung earlier this month, has asked Secretaries of various Ministries as well as noted environmentalist Sunita Narain to attend its second meeting, scheduled for May 28. The committee was set up days after World Health Organization …
One of the initial tasks in hand for the Modi government should be to restore the ecological flow of the Ganga, environmentalists say “Mujhe Ma Ganga ne bulaya hai (Mother Ganga has summoned me)” was a slogan that worked magic for the would-be prime minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi. A …
The ministry of environment finds itself in an embarrassing situation with its own 11-member expert panel, led by Ravi Chopra, questioning how the Lakhwar-Vyasi hydro-project was given clearance in violation of the Supreme Court’s directive of August 13 2013. The 420-MW hydro-project on the upper Yamuna was given clearance in …
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has issued demolition notices to encroachers on the Sahibabad drain and the green belt near Vaishali Metro station, and has given them time till May 20 to reply, failing which the unauthorized constructions will be demolished. The notices have been issued in accordance with the …
The bridge will be a boon for those who commute between East and South Delhi as they will be able to bypass the congestion on Ring Road. The proposal to construct a bridge over the Yamuna, as part of Barapullah Phase-III, was cleared by the Yamuna Standing Committee (YSC) on …
Plea Says Effluents In Yamuna Pollute Groundwater, Soil It's not just pesticides--a toxic mix of sewage and industrial effluents may be contaminating what's grown on the bed of the Yamuna. The quality of the fruits and vegetables--that feed most of Delhi's population--may thus stand severely compromised, according to two applications …
To Look Into Yamuna Too; Report In 1 Month After a WHO urban air quality database released last week sounded alarm bells on the city’s extremely high air pollution levels, lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung has set up a high-powered committee to look into air pollution levels. “We cannot allow pollution …
LG forms panel to check pollution in city Amid heightened concerns over Delhi being categorised as the most polluted city in the world by the WHO, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to serve a notice on polluting units. "We cannot allow pollution to …
