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: Delhi High Court passed the order in 2006 but of the 13 enclosures that were supposed to be made specially for immersions so that the Yamuna can be spared from a religious and cultural onslaught, only one is ready. With Dussehra and Durga Puja only a week away, …
A preliminary report prepared by the district administration has stated that the overflow of the Yamuna river has destroyed crops spread over 11,000 acres and damaged 118 houses in 62 villages of five tehsils of the district. The report comprising details of damages suffered by the farmers from September 10 …
Greater Noida: With the Yamuna water level breaching the danger mark in Delhi, Greater Noida authorities are keeping a hawk eye on the situation. Though no one has been evacuated so far, the administration has identified three villages
New Delhi For the hundreds displaced by the rising levels of Yamuna, the India Meteorological Department has some good news. It will not rain for at least the next three days, which might help the water level drop. It might, however, rain at certain places in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
MANISH ANAND Decks have been cleared for laying of ambitious interceptor sewer project to improve the condition of Yamuna after the fund starved Delhi government made arrangements for Rs 800 crores for the Delhi Jal Board. The Delhi government has arranged a loan from Hudco to partly fund the Rs …
New Delhi: For almost three years, civic agencies in Delhi have not been able to construct 13 enclosures on the Yamuna banks for people to throw in their religious samagri and not pollute the river. On Tuesday, volunteers with Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan (YJA), a Delhi-based NGO, stood vigil at the …
NEW DELHI: On the first day of the Yamuna vigil organised by non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan at the Nizamuddin bridge here in the Capital, volunteers collected 21 packets of refuse which otherwise would have found their way into the river. A month-long vigil is being maintained on the bridge …
NEW DELHI: From this Tuesday (September 1), Delhiites will find it hard to dump waste and objects of religious significance into the Yamuna. A group of concerned citizens and school children have volunteered to
FOR several centuries the Ganga and Yamuna rivers have remained a lifeline for crores of people apart from supporting abundant aquatic life as well as other animals and birds. These rivers have been a source of reverence and inspiration for countless people and Ganga-Yamuna culture has left an indelible print …
A group of NGOs says that by treating waste locally, the city can make its drains clean as well as cut down pollution in Yamuna by 80% It could turn out to be the perfect solution for the Yamuna
After waiting for the nod from the Ministry of Urban Development for over a year now, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally received the technical go-ahead for its ambitious plan of resuscitating the Yamuna
The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the Commonwealth Games Village on the Yamuna river bank. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan set aside a 2008 Delhi High Court judgement directing the setting up of a committee to monitor the environmental impact of the project. …
Greater Noida, August 20 The Yamuna Expressway Authority seems to have resolved its disputes with the farmers. The agitating farmers had been stalling development projects for the last two years. Farmers of Noida and Greater Noida under the banner of BKU participated in a meeting with Yamuna Expressway Authority chairman …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Haryana Mining Commissioner and the Director, Department of Mines and Geology, to look into the allegations of illegal sand removal from Yamuna riverbed. The directions by the Division Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia follow …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday underlined the importance of a unified approach for protection of the ridge in Delhi as her Government is facing difficulties due to multiplicity of authorities in the Capital city. She was speaking in a National Conference of Environment and Forest Ministers of States …
Who is responsible for the filth in the Yamuna? Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says no work is getting done because too many government agencies are meddling with the river; not to mention the Centre-sponsored delays. Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh says sewage treatment plants are not functioning to …
NEW DELHI: Noting that the Delhi Government was facing difficulties in protecting the Ridge due to multiplicity of authority, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday emphasised the need for a unified approach in dealing with the situation. Speaking at the National Conference of Environment and Forest Ministers of States here, …
DDA decided to declare Nehru Place a `No Hawking Zone' . It will also take up construction of 10,000 houses for the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Delhi Development Authority on Monday passed the draft zonal plans for Yamuna river bed (zone"O") and Rohini area …
