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 …
Planning Board alarmed over heavy contamination, poor quality The groundwater level in South Delhi has plunged to an alarming 66.7 metre at its deepest, the second-worst in the whole of the National Capital Region after Alwar (79.75m). Parts of South-West and West Delhi have also reported the highest salinity levels …
In the backdrop of the devastating floods in Uttarakhand and the dangerous rise of major rivers in northern India, a professor from the department of Geography of Allahabad University and his team of research scholars have come up with a unique idea-that of harvesting the additional floodwater which inundates. The …
New Delhi : The water-level in the Yamuna river receded to 206.5 metres on Thursday, but several low-lying areas in Delhi remained submerged for the second consecutive day. The Delhi government said 1,153 tents had been set up to house more than 10,000 people evacuated on Tuesday. The Health department …
Yamuna crosses danger mark in Delhi, over 2,000 families living along river bank evacuated Over 130 dead in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh flash floods, hundreds missing Rampant building activity in the Hindon-Yamuna basin has not only left Delhi vulnerable but exposed large parts of Noida to the risk of flash …
The much-hyped Ganga and Yamuna Action Plans, part of the National River Conservation Plan, are facing serious hurdles due to a fund crunch. While the country needs 38,000 million litres a day (MLD) of sewage treatment capacity, at present, it is only 12,000 MLD. The environment ministry does not have …
Noida: The Noida Authority has decided to appoint a technical consultant by the end of this month to begin its ambitious Riverfront Development Project. Through this project, the Authority will develop green corridors along the riverbanks of Yamuna and Hindon by massive plantation drives and building recreation zones, among other …
New Delhi: At one level the city government is preparing a comprehensive plan to combat climate change and at another, civic society is taking matters in its own hands, calling the government’s measures so far to be unsystematic with a misplaced sense of priority. Environmentalists and activists have come together …
The Flood Control Order-2013 was released by the Delhi Government today in a meeting held to discuss arrangements for controlling floods during the monsoon which is expected to hit the Capital by this monthend. A meeting of the apex committee was held to review the arrangements to meet any challenge. …
Noida: A day after TOI reported that Noida Authority had been selectively demolishing illegal structures on river beds, an anti encroachment squad on Friday razed a number of unauthorized, concrete structures near Sector 151 in Noida and other nearby areas. TOI had on Thursday reported that the Authority had not …
Hundreds of villagers from 15 gram panchayats assembled at Charba village near here on Wednesday and vowed not to allow the establishment of a Coca Cola unit there. They decided to save the community forests by clinging to the trees, in Chipko movement style, when the Coca Cola contractors came …
At the fifth meeting of the Upper Yamuna River Committee on Tuesday, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit reiterated her demand for a greater share of water from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. With the onset of summers and the accompanying water shortages, Dikshit requested the cooperation of both the Centre and basin …
In the continuing water wars between Delhi and Haryana, Chief Minister of neighbour state Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said Haryana was supplying to national capital more water than its legitimate share according to the 1994 memorandum of understanding. Hooda was speaking at the fifth meeting of Upper Yamuna Review …
Terming the affidavits “entirely incorrect”, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has once again instructed the heads of various authorities in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to file comprehensive affidavits within six weeks on the extent of debris deposited on the banks of the Yamuna. Last month, the Tribunal had granted a …
Former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation Annapurna Mishra has demanded that the Delhi Government appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order for evacuation of all unauthorised constructions alongside the Yamuna. The environmental watchdog had on Monday directed the governments of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to clear all …
Noida: Acting upon allegations of rampant encroachment of the Yamuna riverbanks, the National Green Tribunal on Monday imposed a ban on all construction activities — whether temporary or permanent — on the floodplain zone in UP, Delhi and Haryana. The tribunal has also directed the three states to take steps …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Anr. Vs Union of India & Ors regarding unauthorized and illegal constructions raised on the flood plain of river Yamuna dated 20/05/2013.
Haryana has agreed to release more raw water to Delhi from Tajewala out of the share of Uttar Pradesh in the Yamuna and this would help the Capital city in generation of more water at its Sonia Vihar and Bhagirathi water treatment plants, where the treatment had been affected due …
ALLAHABAD: The UP pollution control board has decided to monitor the water quality of Ganga and Yamuna on a weekly basis. They would conduct weekly test and analysis of the quality of water. Regional officer, UPPCB, Allahabad, Mohd Sikandar said "weekly monitoring is already underway." Ganga water is being monitored …
