Haryana, UP, Delhi under fire. The court noted that Rs 1,062 crore had been spent by the Centre alone for fighting Yamuna pollution.

Seeks Affidavit From Centre, UP, Delhi, Haryana

Pulls up the Centre, U.P., Haryana and Delhi for the mess

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the worsening quality of water in the Yamuna due to high level of pollution though over Rs 1,800 crores had been spent to contain pollution. A Bench of Justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B. Lokur, hearing a petition relating to Yamuna water said, “It is unfortunate that huge amount of public funds are spent without showing any improvement in water quality.”

LUCKNOW: The numbers of the Gangetic dolphins in Uttar Pradesh have registered an increase, reveals the latest dolphin census report.

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav, has blamed the Delhi Government for the alarming pollution level in the Yamuna upstream of Agra. “Yamuna has been killed by Delhi”, Mr. Yadav said, speaking at a function for releasing the population figures of the Gangetic dolphin.

On the conclusion of the three-day “Save Ganga Save Dolphin” campaign on Sunday, Mr. Yadav expressed happiness that the number of the mammal had gone up from 600 in 2005 to 671 in 2012 in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh.

LUCKNOW: The Gangetic river dolphin census and awareness campaign was flagged off by transport minister Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh on Friday.

The 'tiger of the Ganga' is the nomenclature for the Ganga river dolphin which enjoys the same status in the river ecosystem as that of a tiger in a forest.

Like the tiger, the dolphin is close to extinction with its numbers having plunged from 6,000 in 1982 to less than 1,800 in 2012. With India losing nearly 160 animals a year, WWF India has launched a three-day awareness campaign, 'My Ganga, My Dolphin', in which they will conduct a survey of the number of dolphins present across a 2,800-km stretch of the Ganga river, along with the Yamuna, Son, Ken, Betwa, Ghagra and Geruwal rivers.

“Acquire illegal farmhouses for social infrastructure; use sick industrial plots for residential development”

The Delhi Development Authority on Monday completed a significant milestone in its ongoing review of the Delhi Master Plan-2021. Four technical committees engaged in reviewing four broad areas of the Master Plan came up with presentations on the work done so far and an audience of top public servants, town planners, urban designers and architects offered their views on the broad ideas that the improved Master Plan seeks to incorporate.

New Delhi: Six months after it directed Delhi and UP governments to stop dumping solid waste on the Yamuna river bed, the National Green Tribunal on Monday issued fresh instructions to the UP irrig

The National Green Tribunal has asked the governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to ensure that all debris that has accumulated on the banks of the river Yamuna is removed. Issuing the order on Monday, the NGT said the Delhi administration as well as the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh should ensure the removal of all the debris lying in the banks of the Yamuna, within their jurisdiction, irrespective of the fact as to who has dumped it.