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 …
In view of the growing pollution in river Yamuna and the widespread disappointment with the Baijal committee report on it, the Delhi Jal Board (djb) has decided to appoint a consultant for cleaning the river. But the "invitation of Expression of Interest (e o i) for consultancy services for abatement …
At Suman Kyari, some 10 kilometre (km) downhill from Kempty Falls near Dehradun district, Uttaranchal, Roshan Rawat potters around his attic dusting old fishing nets. Rawat is not much of an angler; he is a dhaba owner actually. But Rawat must hone his fishing skills once a year to participate …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is planning to provide industrial washing machines to traditional riverbank washermen in Delhi operating along the Yamuna. The corporation feels that introduction of washing machines would reduce water consumption and ensure a cleaner operation.
function regi() { var popurl="files/images/20050430/25-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=340,height=480,scrollbars=yes") } function regi() { var popurl="files/images/20050430/25-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=340,height=480,scrollbars=yes") } function cost() { var popurl="files/images/20050430/25-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=340,height=480,scrollbars=yes") } function load() { var popurl="files/images/20050430/23-map.gif" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=380,height=600,scrollbars=yes") } Yet- to action plan A decade-old drive to clean up the Yamuna, in Delhi and elsewhere In April 1993, the Union government …
The first case asking the Supreme Court to intervene in making the Yamuna in Delhi a cleaner river was filed by environmental activist M C Mehta in 1985. Subsequently: 1992: Sureshwar D Sinha, chairperson of a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation called Paani Morcha, filed a writ petition pleading for enforcement of …
function built() { var popurl="image/20050430/31.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=280,height=360,scrollbars=yes") } Seventeen sewage treatment plants, 10 common effluent treatment plants, drains, pipes, low cost toilets, and thousands displaced in the name of river cleaning. But little impact. Why? That is what needs to be understood so that future policy can be built learning from …
This investigation into Delhi's underbelly began with a visit to a sewage treatment plant located in the eastern part of the city, situated between a highly congested and relatively poorer part of the metropolis. The officials at the plant
The government says that poor people living along the Yamuna are the problem. But the fact is that s/he who uses the most water also generates the most waste. The situation in India's capital city is shameful in this regard. The bulk of the water goes to the rich and …
The current pipe-drains-plant strategy is not working. Therefore, more of the same, without reworking its approach, will mean just more money down the drain. The Yamuna is Delhi's shame. But its pollution management is its government's shame. It cannot be acceptable that we have spent money, time and energy, but …
function impct() { var popurl="image/20050430/27-pdf.pdf" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } The government's favourite strategy is to construct sewage treatment plants (stps). The rush began in 1995. First, there was a plan to build and make operational 14 stps by 1997. In 1998, another two were contemplated. By 2000, 8 were under different stages …
function all() { var popurl="image/20050430/28-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=370,height=390,scrollbars=yes") } Could it be that Delhi's clean-up infrastructure is an effect of mindlessness? Consider: while it is broadly accepted that domestic sewage contributes between 80-90 per cent of the pollution load, and industrial effluents the rest, nobody has any clue on how much waste …
During 2000, the estimated quantity of solid waste generated in Delhi, India was more than 9000 tones per day. This is one of the biggest sources of environmental degradation in capital city of India. Since 1950's over 12 large landfill have been packed with all kinds of nonbiodegradable and toxic …
Can anaerobic sewage treatment systems tackle pollution in river Yamuna? Yes, believes the Parliamentary Standing Committee on science and technology, headed by Rajya Sabha member P G Narayanan. Observes its report tabled on August 18, 2004: "With this simple and cheap technology, it will be possible to treat
Efforts to guard the river Yamuna in Delhi against industrial pollution received a major blow recently. The Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation (dsidc) missed the October 15, 2004, deadline proposed by the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (scmc) on hazardous waste to make 10 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (cetps) fully operational. …
1996: SC orders construction of 15 CETPs in a case related to Yamuna pollution. 2003: SC forms SCMC in response to a petition by the Research Foundation Technology and Natural Resource Policy, a New Delhi-based non-governmental organisation. 2004: SCMC suggests bringing 10 CETPs online by October 15, 2004.
The Delhi Development Authority (dda) has come up with another loophole-infested plan. Its draft Zonal Development Plan (zdp) for the Yamuna suggests major changes in the land use pattern of the riverbed. Outlawing riverbed farming, considered the most legitimate and ecologically useful activity on the riverbed, is one such change. …
cleanup campaigns notwithstanding, why does Yamuna river remain brimful with pollutants? According to the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), this is because only 45 per cent of the total sewage generated in Delhi gets treated. The board recently submitted a status report on sewage treatment plants (stps) to the Supreme …
