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 citizens of Delhi should come forward to protect the environment and underground water and protest against the construction of any building on the Yamuna riverbed, said senior journalist Kuldip Nayar while releasing a book, "It's Common V/S Wealth", which exposes the scam in the Commonwealth Games 2010.The book was …
The report would now be sent to the Cabinet Secretary NEW DELHI: The final draft of the report drawn by the Technical Advisory Committee on the Yamuna river development was approved at a meeting of the high-power committee chaired by Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna this past week. Besides Mr. Khanna, …
This study attempts to develop a case study of the Western Yamuna Canal Command in Haryana with the purpose of developing a general picture of the institutional environment and arrangements related to water resource development and use in the State of Haryana. It is based on a review of water …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Cabinet has given its approval for the Rs.1,358-crore Yamuna interceptor sewer project that seeks to cut pollution in the river. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit explained after the Cabinet meeting that under the project 59 km of interceptor sewers would be constructed along three major drains and …
Karnal: The government has decided to launch a Rs 179 crore project for channelising the Yamuna, which turns into a “river of sorrow” during the rains, eroding vast tracts of land. The project envisages construction of “studs” at vulnerable points where the Yamuna frequently changes course and causes floods. The …
In a pine-scented Himalayan valley, Sushila Devi is a reluctant soldier in India's new war over water. Her village, Pipola, sits just southeast of the Tehri Dam, which bestrides one of the precursors of the Ganges River and is India's largest hydropower project. Since the dam was completed in 2006, …
The water quality in areas fed by the Haiderpur and Nangloi water treatment plants is likely to be affected due to an acute water shortage over the next four days following an increase in the Yamuna
New Delhi: Several parts of southwest, west, northwest and north Delhi will have to go without water or get a reduced supply in the coming few days, after poor quality of raw water being supplied to the Nangloi and Haiderpur water treatment plants (WTP) reduced production in the WTPs by …
MUZAFFARNAGAR: A flood alert has been sounded in ten districts of western Uttar Pradesh with swelling of Yamuna while water level in Ganga was also rising at many places. Deputy secretary of the revenue department Raj Raten said that the flood alert has been issued in Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Meerut, …
Several districts in Haryana were on high alert as heavy rain continued and the Yamuna rose further. As the Army struggled to plug the 40-foot breach in the SYL canal at village Jogan Khera near Jyotisar in Kurukshetra district, a fresh breach erupted at Darsi village. Over 40 villages in …
With the arrival of monsoon in the city and neighbouring states, the Delhi government has on Wednesday asked residents of low-lying areas along the Yamuna river bank to remain alert and if possible shift to safe places. The statement has come in the wake of Haryana releasing 50, 000 cusecs …
Three years ago, the Forest Research Institute (FRI) had proposed the utilisation of a cost-effective and natural way of treating industrial or domestic wastes to clear the Yamuna River of pollution in Delhi, but the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has given a deaf year to the FRI proposal. The authorities …
: The Archaeological Survey of India has stopped work on a new bridge across the Yamuna here as it is very close to a Mughal-era monument. Superintending archaeologist A.R. Siddiqui said:
Mismanagement of rainwater is at the root of the problem, claims Rajendra Singh. He tells PERNEET SINGH of The Tribune that while people in urban areas are receiving water at subsidised rates, in rural areas people have inadequate access to water Even as the entire country is facing an unprecedented …
New Delhi: The groundwater levels in the city are plunging to such an extent that many parts of Delhi have already gone dry. Largescale exploitation of groundwater has led to a colossal problem of water availability in the city. The only viable way to preserve it, or at least replenish …
The answer to pollution in the Yamuna lies in rethinking the subsidy on water use and building capacity for drainage Every year, on June 5, the world remembers and celebrates the concern for environment in the form of the World Environment Day. But why are we not getting the practice …
SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY NEW DELHI A DTC bus depot being constructed at Yamuna flood plain, near Akshardham temple, to ferry athletes and officials to and from the Games Village to sports venues has come under the scanner of the Delhi high court. Filing a petition on behalf of an NGO, …
