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 …
The Ganga today is one of the most polluted rivers. It is not only untreated sewage that is dumped into the river but also toxic waste from hospitals and tanneries. Historical Importance Throughout the history of the Indian subcontinent, the Ganga has held an extremely important place, finding mention in …
MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra personally appeared in the Delhi high court on Thursday following the summons issued by it on the issue of the civic agency’s alleged failure in preventing sewer water entering the zoo area and contaminating its water body during monsoon. Taking a serious view of the issue, …
Delhi takes great pride in its annual greening drive, but environmentalists say very little is being done to ensure that the trees actually survive. A recent meeting convened by the NGO Green Circle of Delhi, and attended by officials from the Forest department and the city
The water-sharing dispute between Delhi and Haryana was resolved on Tuesday with Haryana agreeing to release an additional 610 cusecs of Yamuna water in Munak canal to cater to the needs of the capital. While Haryana will give Delhi 610 cusecs water (610 cubic feet per second) or 17,273 litres …
The canal is expected to mitigate Capital's water problems After years of dithering and disagreeing, Haryana has agreed to complete the long-pending work on the Munak Canal. Delhi and Haryana have been at loggerheads over the construction of the canal that is expected to mitigate the Capital's water woes. The …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan has asked the Centre to take management of the inter-state rivers and canals in its hand to resolve the long-pending water sharing disputes among the states. The state has also asked the Centre to hand over control of the Tajewala and Okhla headworks to the Upper Yamuna River …
he Delhi Government's Public Works Department has drawn up plans to construct two more bridges across the Yamuna in North-East Delhi and to make Ring Road signal-free from Shalimar Bagh to Azadpur in North-West Delhi. Besides, it is also working on constructing a signal-free corridor from Janakpuri to Wazirabad and …
Noida-Agra in 90 minutes By December this year, all it would take you to reach Agra from Noida will be just 90 minutes, because the Yamuna Expressway is going to be completed two years earlier than the scheduled date of November 2013. From December, vehicles are expected to zoom on …
Work on the Delhi Jal Board's ambitious interceptor sewer system that is aimed at preventing untreated sewage from the city's drains from falling into the Yamuna is likely to start by the end of August. On Monday Jal Board officials said the work is on track and the agency has …
Faridabad: Four truck drivers have been arrested for illegal mining on the banks of river Yamuna. Hailing from Madawali, Tigaon and Lehdowla villages, they were arrested on Thursday for mining and transporting silt around a restricted area near Tigaon bridge, police said. Over 12 people have been booked in this …
Water scarcity during past decade nearly finished the UNESCO heritage site Water woes of the celebrated bird sanctuary, Keoladeo National Park (KNP), Bharatpur, may come to an end soon if the Rajasthan Government accepts a recommendation from the State's Board for Wildlife to reserve a share of water from the …
With only 0.05% of the total area of the country, Delhi is home to 1.34% of India's population. This creates enormous pressure on natural and man-made resources, and generates situations in which non-health determinants may take precedence over the conventional determinants directly associated with health and health care.
IN THE first week of April, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) oversaw an experiment to monitor, minute to minute, the water quality of the river Yamuna. The two-week trial at the water intake point of the Wazirabad water treatment plant in north-east Delhi was conducted by a private firm …
LUCKNOW: With a dying Yamuna failing to meet its growing demand, the city of Taj is now waiting for Gangajal to tide over its water woes. An ambitious and somewhat bizarre project to fetch Ganga water to Agra built by the Mughals on the banks of the Yamuna from a …
Demand to ensure minimum flow in the Yamuna to help its revival Recent protests by religious and social groups against the unabated pollution in the Yamuna may well have given an impetus to the long-standing need for harvesting monsoon flows through dams and barrages. One of the major demands of …
CHANDIGARH: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has lifted the moratorium for setting up of new projects in Faridabad and Panipat towns on the basis of the
