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 …
Both sides maintain it was a “cordial meeting” and outstanding issues will be sorted through discussions After weeks of trading allegations and a two-hour meeting between the Chief Ministers of the two States on Monday, the ongoing water sharing dispute between Delhi and Haryana was eventually attributed to “heat”, “high …
New Delhi: Respite from prolonged water shortage is in sight for parched Delhi with Haryana on Monday agreeing to release enough water to help the capital tide over its crisis while not losing sight of its own needs. An easing of hostilities between Delhi and Haryana came after a meeting …
If you don’t act now, Delhi will be starved of electricity and water in the coming years – this was the dire warning given by a group of village women, who have come to Delhi from remote areas of Uttarakhand. Their mission is to shake up the government and get …
The water problem in the city is expected to worsen with the level at the Wazirabad pond dipping two feet below its optimum level on Wednesday. The Capital is already struggling with acute water shortage for the past 15 days, due to an alleged curtailment in supply by Haryana to …
With Delhi reeling under acute shortage of water, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday sought an early solution to the Munak canal dispute with Haryana and said she would seek Prime Minister’s intervention on the matter. The comments by Ms Dikshit came a day after Haryana turned down Delhi government’s …
A day after a police constable was run over by a truck transporting sand mined illegally from the Yamuna riverbed, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while there was little evidence of any “organised mafia”, the punishment for such illegal activity was too mild to be a deterrent. Responding …
A day after a police constable was run over by a truck transporting sand mined illegally from the Yamuna riverbed, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while there was little evidence of any “organised mafia”, the punishment for such illegal activity was too mild to be a deterrent. Responding …
Faridabad: Police here have intensified their search for the contractor Rajpal Chauhan who has been absconding since Monday morning when the driver of his truck ran over a constable at a check post at Palla in Faridabad. A case of murder was registered against Chauhan after his driver Pappu claimed …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said despite her government's initiative and the money spent, rain water harvesting in the Capital has not had satisfactory results. Ms. Dikshit advocated simplifying the procedures of providing policy support, financial assistance and technical guidance to the citizens and residents' welfare associations to ensure …
First Time In 25 Years; June 15 Deadline, Work To Cost 12Cr. The cleaning of the Okhla barrage has finally begun after 25 years. The cleaning drive which began on Monday, is being carried out on a war-footing. Officials hope to complete it by June 15. On Thursday, the district …
New Delhi: There seems to be no immediate solution to Delhi’s water problems with chief minister Sheila Dikshitslatedto meether Haryana counterpartonly on June9. However, having already tried to put pressure on Haryana through every possible means including the Upper Yamuna River Board, a government official said they were highly sceptical …
THE Yamuna River is one of the holiest waterways in India. The ghats - the pilgrim-built stone steps at the water's edge - are reminders of the multitudes of worshippers who once came here to pray. But few come to the Yamuna River in Delhi now to bathe in the …
Ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and other poisonous gases emanating from the Yamuna are causing breathing problems to people living in the colonies adjacent to the bank of the river, said the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra. Speaking on the issue in the Assembly, Malhotra said if these …
Millions of Indians are facing a new health risk. Increasing water scarcity is forcing farmers to grow vegetables and fodder using untreated sewage waste water across urban and rural cities. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FAAI) has in the past issued several warnings on pesticide residues and …
Lack of rainwater harvesting finishing many resources A large water body at Dhulsiras village in South-West Delhi is an example of what a water body should not be. Littered with plastics and other refuse, moss-covered and encroached on all sides, this water body is also an example of poor management …
Despite efforts and “huge investments”, pollution level in Ganga and Yamuna continues to increase unabated, a Parliamentary panel on Friday said and slammed the environment ministry for only adopting an “engineering centric” approach to deal with the situation. The standing committee on environment and forest in its latest report on …
The Delhi high court on Tuesday warned civic authorities it would summon the city’s environment secretary if its directions on construction of special permanent enclosures on the Yamuna bank are not taken seriously. Justice G P Mittal pulled up the civic authorities for failure to build the enclosures for immersion …
Per capita availability of water in the country has declined to one-third in the past 65 years, the Water Resources Minister, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Enough water was still available if the scarce natural resource was used judiciously, he said during Question Hour. “A …
New Delhi: Delhi Metro has again drawn the ire of environmentalists over construction of a bridge parallel to the existing Nizamuddin Bridge. This is not the first time DMRC is embroiled in a green row. Despite a condition set by the Yamuna Standing Committee that no labour camps, construction material …
Arsenic contamination of ground water from Yamuna floodplains in Delhi is several times the permissible limit and the prime culprit for this poisoning is fly ash and other residue from Delhi’s thermal power plants, a study by the Department of Geology at Delhi University (DU) has found. “Samples were collected …
