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 a bid to save river Yamuna, which is being choked by the debris indiscriminately dumped on its banks, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has demanded information on the quantity and quality of debris being generated by the NCT of Delhi every day. The order on Thursday comes in a …
Noida: In order to give a clean and green look to the surroundings of the River Yamuna, which has been polluted with filth and debris, the National Green Tribunal has entrusted a high-powered committee constituted by it to suggest measures to develop the banks of the river. A bench headed …
Money spent per student three times the national average More affordable houses needed for the poor. The 2012-2013 economic survey of Delhi which was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday threw up some interesting facts with regard to the transport, housing, environment and education sectors in the state. Despite government's …
“Govt. non-committal on water release from Hathini Kund barrage” Even as thousands of “Yamuna Muktikaran Padyatra” activists, including women and children, crossed over into Delhi on Monday after a prolonged stay in neighbouring Faridabad over the weekend, they put the proposed demonstration at Jantar Mantar on hold in view of …
Long-term measures needed as livelihood of farmers being seriously affected, says Sushma Pilloried by Parliamentarians in both Houses over the state of the Ganga and the Yamuna, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan promised that the government would ensure no domestic effluents pour into the two rivers. “We are making efforts to …
Around 15,000 persons from various organisations, under the umbrella of the Yamuna Rakshak Dal, entered Delhi on Monday morning, as part of a protest padyatra, organised to voice their displeasure with the pollution in the Yamuna. The march started on March 1 from Vrindavan and included devotees, who treat the …
New Delhi: MPs united across party lines to express concern over pollution in the Yamuna after leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj raised the issue, saying the river had become thoroughly polluted despite thousands of crores being spent on cleaning it. Congress, BJP, SP, BSP and RJD members …
New Delhi: The government is building interceptors, industries continue to discharge harmful effluents and people are walking from Mathura to Delhi: all for the sake of reviving a dead river. The Yamuna Bachao Yatra, which started from Mathura on March 1, has taken on obvious political hues but for the …
New Delhi: About 19 years ago, the Supreme Court first scrutinized pollution in the Yamuna. Innumerable orders later, Yamuna is dirtier than ever with a mind-numbing Rs 6,500 crore spent to clean the river and the latest plan — interceptor sewers — going nowhere. On Monday, when SC reviews Yamuna’s …
In the election year, the two main political parties in the city, ruling Congress and Opposition BJP, are looking to target two of the main problems that residents face — water shortage and its pollution. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, while laying the foundation stone for sewer rehabilitation at a Delhi …
The Opposition BJP today criticised Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly ignoring the Yamuna, saying that the pollution in the river had gone up several times in the past few years while the government "put its entire focus on corruption". "We have been raising this issue for the past 14 …
The members of Rajya Sabha expressed their concern on the increasing pollution in various rivers across the country, particularly Ganga and Yamuna. Read text of this debate. Debate on river pollution in the Rajya Sabha on 11 March 2013. See Also In-Parliament: Pollution level in the major rivers of the …
The Delhi Jal Board has advocated a rating system for water-using appliances similar to the one that is used to denote energy efficiency for an electrical appliance. On Monday, Debashree Mukherjee, the Chief Executive Officer of the DJB, said there needs to be a rating system that will allow consumers …
The leader of the opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra said that the Delhi government led by Sheila Dikshit is responsible for converting the river Yamuna into a dirty drain. The 22-km-long Yamuna flowing through the Capital has now shrunk to only two per cent of its original length …
Seize vehicles carrying it there, Green Tribunal directs Delhi authorities including DDA, DMRC and CPWD The National Green Tribunal has reiterated its direction to authorities to ensure that no debris of any kind, including from construction, is thrown on the banks of the Yamuna. A Bench also directed the public …
ALLAHABAD: Indian culture propagated and developed due to Ganga, and it is unfortunate that reduced water levels and discharge of effluents has polluted it immensely, said noted social activist and thinker Avinash Dharmadhikari at the Ganga Yamuna Water Pollution Removal Exhibition at the ongoing Maha Kumbh on Sunday. However, he …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has noted that despite orders to the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh governments, debris dumping continues unabated along the Yamuna floodplain. It has directed the government to issue show-cause notice to the managing director of DMRC, director general of CPWD and the director of the …
New Delhi: Two years ago, 10 small villages along Yamuna were selected for a river restoration project. The Nadi Mitra Mandalis were given an action plan that included natural and organic farming, waste water management, improvement in sanitation, catchment restoration, and assessment of the river and village health. Children were …
KANPUR: It is the time of the year when hundreds of turtles make their way to the banks of Yamuna to lay their eggs. However, heavy release of water from Tajewala dam and Hathnikund barrage in Haryana for bathing purpose at Kumbh mela in Allahabad has delayed the mass nesting …
The Maha Kumbh in Allahabad has perhaps no parallel in terms of the sheer size of the congregation. In less than two months over 100 million people are expected to come to this city, at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna. But even as they celebrate the rivers …
