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 …
Even the most ardent proponents of industrialism would acknowledge that we are in the midst of an environment crisis. Rates of species extinction are 1,000 times more than what they were before human beings dominated the earth. The rate of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere today is 30 times …
In which we attempt to assess what average Indians living in big cities think about India's environment, and to gauge their levels of awareness, attitudes, perception and concerns Methodology The State of Environment in Indian Cities survey attempts to assess what average Indians living in big cities think about India's …
* Air pollution in India causes 5,27,700 deaths every year (WHO) * 21% of communicable diseases in India are related to polluted water. In India, diarrhoea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths daily (WHO) * Only 22% of the wastewater generated in urban India is treated, severely polluting rivers. The …
As the World Environment Day would be celebrated on Thursday, the Yamuna river would project a grim picture about increasing pollution level and dip in the water quality. "The Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) load, an important indicator of pollution level has increased by 13 per cent over last year," Central …
If Earth survives, so shall life There are three ways of looking at World Environment Day, which is being observed today. We can be cynical about UN-mandated days and carry on with our lives without bothering to spare a thought about the state of our environment and the direction towards …
With World Environment Day being celebrated on Thursday, the Yamuna river today projects a grim picture of increasing pollution levels. "The Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) load, an important indicator of pollution levels, has increased by 13 per cent over last year,' Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said in its …
ACORD, is working actively on creating awareness and participation among the people of Delhi on the extremely high pollution of the river Yamuna, so that they can get motivated to take the right actions towards the goal of cleaning the river and sustaining its cleanliness. This base-line study is one …
Completion of three Yamuna basin schemes only will solve Delhi's water problems- Arabinda Ghose It sounds cruel to say this, but the stark reality is that only when three projects in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand, hanging fire for more than two decades, are completed, water woes of Delhites can be …
The Union Government's plan to construct a heliport near the sprawling new Akshardham Temple on the Yamuna floodplains in the Capital has set off a wave of concern among activists fighting to save the grand old river. Reacting to the Central Government's statement that a suitable location was being sought …
The 2010 Commonwealth Games are being touted as Delhi's ticket to the list of world-class, ultramodern metropolises. The grand plans that leave no stone unturned
The Delhi government wants to ensure that people do not throw garbage in drains leading to the Yamuna river in the wake of upcoming Commonwealth Games and the river far from being cleaned. The government plans to build walls around the major drains to ensure that no solid waste and …
The Delhi gov ernment will soon to take up an integrated sanitation scheme in the city to ensure that all people get the minimum standard of hygiene and do not go in the open for their toilet needs. The Delhi Cabinet will soon give its nod to a proposal to …
RAJINDER SINGH, India's river man, is distressed at the state of the rivers and demands a quick solution I AM NOT THRILLED IN THE LEAST to share my observation that the rivers running through the most developed regions of the country are the most polluted. Smaller towns have not been …
scientists seem to have come to a conclusion on what could have killed more than 100 gharials in Chambal waters recently. Tilapia, an invasive fish could have caused the deaths along the Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border, says a new report. Circumstantial evidences suggest that the critically endangered reptiles could have …
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Saket Vijay Jolly on Wednesday accused the Delhi Government of failing to provide the people with adequate water and said that while Rs.1,800 crore have been spent in the name of cleaning the Yamuna and a lot of money has also been spent on improving …
Cleaning The River By 2010 Is A Tall Order, Environmentalists Sceptical Of Govt Claims. If the government's claims are anything to go by, the Yamuna will be
Despite the recommendations of the planning commission, the Yamuna was somewhat sidelined in this year's budget. Other than the interceptor sewage system, which will not be in place before 2012, and installing sewerage systems in unauthorised colonies, which has been in the pipeline since last year, no new proposals were …
Complex includes a host of features; 4 per cent work already completed While environmental activists are continuing with their protest against the construction of the Commonwealth Games Village on the banks of the Yamuna and the matter is pending in Delhi High Court, almost 4 per cent work on the …
