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 DJB plans to set up a big sewerage treatment plant for Commonwealth Games 2010.More plants are likely at Delhi Gate, Delhi Cantt, Pappan Kalan and Nilothi. The Delhi Jal Board has a lot of work at hand this fiscal as it plans to improve water supply in the capital …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda met here on Friday in what appeared to be an effort by the heads of two Congress-ruled States to thrash out the vexing issue of sharing of river waters in a friendly atmosphere. Apart from being Congress …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday assured his Rajasthan counterpart Ashok Gehlot that his Government would initiate steps to provide Rajasthan its share of water from river Yamuna under the 1981 Water Agreement. Hooda arrived here on one-day visit with a team of senior officials to sort out …
Ramaswamy R. Iyer Environmental concerns have tended to be segmented, focussing on one theme at a time. It is necessary to ensure a holistic view encompassing all the themes and the vital nature-wildlife-human inter-relationships. Jairam Ramesh, the new Minister of State with Independent Charge for Environment and Forests, must have …
Manish Sirhindi Large amounts of industrial pollutants being drained into the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) here have become a source of misery not only for local residents but also for those living downstream of the canal. The local industries that stand tall as a symbol of unprecedented prosperity that they …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Work on the much-hyped interceptor sewers aimed at tapping effluents that otherwise find their way into the Yamuna in the Capital has been delayed. The work, to be carried out by the Delhi Jal Board, was to have begun in July-August this year but will …
Facing water shortage, farmers led by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) today held a protest demanding release of water in Western Yamuna canal from Hamida headworks. In view of the BKU threat to open the gates of the headworks, a heavy police force was deployed at the headworks since morning. …
The dispute between the irrigation departments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the construction of a check dam in the Chhachhroli area to prevent Yamuna waters from entering villages of this district during the rains was resolved today. It was mutually decided by the Chief Engineer Irrigation, Panchkula, and the …
E Sreedharan's strategy to clean and beautify the Yamuna and release land from its riverbed for development and other purposes is not very practical Busness Standard / New Delhi May 28, 2009, 0:27 IST The strategy mooted by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation chief E Sreedharan to clean and beautify the …
NEW DELHI: As against the need to install 15 common effluent treatment plants in Delhi, only 10 have been set up so far for the 51 industrial areas of the Capital at a cost of Rs.256 crore. This information has been provided by the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development …
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally set its eyes on completing the second phase of the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP II) in Delhi. The agency says a major part of the project will be completed by March 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games. The Yamuna Action …
Environmentalists have called for concerted efforts to elevate Delhi to the status of World Heritage City. The Delhi environment department has started planting trees on Yamuna bank. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, enumerating her government
The top layer of accumulated sand washed down by floods over millions of years, makes river floodplains into giant aquifers. We propose a scheme for the natural storage of excess monsoon river-water discharge in the extensive and deep sand top layer of the floodplain of the river. The excess monsoon …
New Delhi: Under the Yamuna Action Plan, about Rs 1,500 crore has been spent so far on cleaning the river and another project worth Rs 4,000 crore is ready to take off. This has, however, made little difference to the state of the river. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently observed …
DMRC chief E Sreedharan has pricked the conscience of the city for abusing the river that is its lifeline. But his proposal for building retaining walls on both the banks and developing the low-lying areas has not met with approval from experts TIMES NEWS NETWORK DMRC chief E Sreedharan
Dr E Sreedharan, MD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, says a handful of environmentalists are coming in the way of saving the river and calls for setting up of an SPV to do the job When the members of the British parliament sat in the House of Commons on a …
NEW DELHI: While constructing the Yamuna Bank station on the river bed, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had taken into account all environmental concerns. According to DMRC, the Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune, conducted a study and the Yamuna Standing Committee gave clearance after which construction was under …
