Yamuna

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding waste disposal in Ghazipur drain, Delhi, 28/05/2025

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 …

Delhi Govt. yet to pull up its socks over Yamuna pollution

Even as Delhi wants Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to step up measures to solve the problem of effluents being dumped into the Yamuna, the city itself is far from keeping its end of the bargain. In the absence of an efficient sewage treatment system and a large part of its …

Dirty Yamuna: Munak canal only solution

Claims Study By Pollution Board New Delhi: A study by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)has statedthattheonly solution tocontrolthehigh pollution levels in Delhi

Jairam intervenes, water plants back in action

Chandrawal and Wazirabad WTPs resume operations after pollution levels in Yamuna receded on Tuesday night; CPCB to submit report. Operations at the Capital

Water production at Capital's treatment plants resumed

Water production at the Chandrawal and Wazirabad water treatment plants was resumed on Wednesday after the ammonia levels in the Yamuna were restored to the permissible levels. On Tuesday the level of ammonia in the water had risen sharply, making the water unfit for use, which in turn led to …

Another ammonia scare in river

New Delhi: In a span of just 15 days, Delhi was again forced to curtail water production at the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants after level of ammonia in raw water went up substantially on Tuesday due to high levels of pollutants. Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh asked …

Ammonia level in Delhi water rises again

Jal Board blames Haryana industrial waste being pumped into the Yamuna For a second time in less than a month, two of the city's water treatment plants were forced to scale down production on account of high levels of ammonia in the Yamuna waters. On Tuesday the levels of ammonia …

Return of village land

JAGPAL SINGH and Dev Singh of Jagir Rohar village in Patiala have little idea that their enmity has resulted in a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court that would bear implications for the rural population of the country. In its January 28 decision in the case concerning encroachment of common …

Haryana plants dump sewage in Yamuna

With the state governments of Delhi and Haryana passing the buck about high pollution levels of Yamuna, a team of activists associated with the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJA), a civil society group fighting to conserve the Yamuna river system found that most of Haryana's sewage treatment plants (STP) are not …

Delhi told to curb Yamuna pollution by 2012

New Delhi: So far it was Haryana that was facing flak for polluting the Yamuna but this time Delhi has also been pulled up for discharging untreated waste into the river. Union environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday wrote to chief ministers of the two states asking them to take …

Centre writes to Delhi, Haryana

NEW DELHI: Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday spelt out the do's and don'ts for both Delhi and Haryana by asking them to ensure strict compliance of the prescribed norms against polluting the Yamuna. From suggestions to assistance, the Minister has offered both States a chance to clean up …

Jairam wades into river issue: Minister To Write To Haryana, Delhi CMs On Yamuna Pollution

New Delhi: Minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh is expected to write to the chief ministers of Delhi and Haryana, asking them to take immediate action against those found polluting the Yamuna. The minister had earlier written to Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in December last year, threatening …

No more passing the buck: Jairam to meet Delhi, Haryana CMs over Yamuna issue

Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will chair a meeting with the Delhi and Haryana Chief Ministers next week to discuss outstanding issues between the two States over the Yamuna and related squabbles over who is guilty of polluting its waters. The Minister has also sought a status report from the …

High ammonia in Yamuna: City water supply hit for second day

The ongoing water dispute between Delhi and Haryana left the Capital parched for a second day, with two of the city

Ammonia, chloride high in river, DJB shuts plants

New Delhi: Several parts of the city will have to go without water on Tuesday as two water treatment plants had to be shut down due to excessive levels of ammonia and chloride in raw water yet again. Delhi Jal Board officials said production in the Wazirabad and Chandrawal WTPshadtobeshutdown …

Reviving biodiversity on Yamuna bank

Reversing the effect of urbanization on the riverfront is an ambitious project that will revive the flora and fauna New Delhi: Rapid urbanization along the Yamuna riverfront has taken its toll on the flora and fauna. In an attempt to preserve the

High ammonia levels in Yamuna: treatment plants shut, supply affected

Several areas across the city faced water shortage on Monday after two major water treatment plants were closed following the detection of a high quantity of ammonia in the Yamuna. A Delhi Jal Board official said the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants had to be closed at 2 pm …

Resolve Yamuna issue, Jairam tells Delhi, Haryana

NEW DELHI: Trying to put an end to the ongoing blame game between Delhi and Haryana over who pollutes the Yamuna waters, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has offered to chair a meeting between the two States to help them iron out differences. Pointing out …

Yadav: Neighbours polluting Yamuna, Ghaggar

Minister asks central government to caution Delhi, Himachal, UP and Punjab governments. The Ghaggar waters are being polluted due to the discharge of toxic effluents from industries in Parwanoo, Brotiwala and Kala Amb in Himachal The Ghaggar is being grossly polluted at Tiwana Sarata, Rat Tanheri, Khanauri and Manak by …

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