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 …
The amount and intensity of runoff at catchment scale are largely determined by the presence of impervious land cover types, which are predominant in an urbanized area. This paper examines the impact of different methods for estimating impervious surface cover on the prediction of peak discharges as determined by a …
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued contempt of court notices to the Delhi Government, the Delhi Development Authority and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi asking them to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for their failure to build enclosures along the Yamuna in the Capital …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday demanded an explanation from the state government why contempt of court proceedings shouldn’t be initiated against it for failing to construct enclosures along the Yamuna so that garbage could not be dumped into the river, especially during the festival season. HC issued …
There are 12 "hot spots" in eight States where river water was found to be contaminated. In the first ever report of its kind, the Central Water Commission (CWC) monitored water quality at 371 stations in river systems across the country and identified stretches that need urgent Government action. It …
Raw industrial waste killing Yamuna, corroding sewer lines Untreated effluents from industries making their way into the sewers and eventually reaching the Yamuna are not only killing the river but are also said to be behind the rapid corrosion of the city's sewer lines. The Delhi Jal Board, which is …
LUCKNOW: An ailing Yamuna may heave a sigh of relief if claims of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam are anything to go by. The corporation has claimed that the 144 million litres per day (mld) capacity water treatment plant in Agra will start functioning in less than a year. Chairman, UPJN, …
The East-West Corridor project, which has hit several roadblocks over the years, will now be re-evaluated in view of the fact that three of the 14 proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors will fall along the route. The decision to re-evaluate the project was taken after a recent meeting in …
Has installed 90 tube-wells supplying water for about 25 lakh people in the Palla floodplains Mandated to carry out the task of supplying water to the burgeoning city, the Delhi Jal Board has now decided to join the ongoing campaign to protect the floodplains which are an important groundwater recharge …
Farmers belonging to Kisan Khetihar Majdoor Sangharsh Samiti assembled near Raj Ghat and later staged a demonstration near the Delhi Secretariat on Monday demanding adequate compensation for the land acquired by it. They also warned that they would not allow the Delhi Development Authority to go ahead with its projects …
Unwilling to let what's remaining of the Yamuna floodplains being taken away for construction, non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan (YJA) has again sought the Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna's intervention to save the riverbanks. The NGO has complained against “wilful encroachment in the river Yamuna bed (Zone O) by the Delhi Metro …
Lucknow: The Allahabad high court’s reiteration that all projects in the National Capital Region must have the approval of the NCR Planning Board has thrown into uncertainty investments made by more than 22,000 people in the ambitious Yamuna Expressway township, located 40km from Delhi. Thousands of plots have been sold …
While the fish are dying, chances are many migratory water-birds may not make it to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary this year The depleting water levels of the Yamuna, brought about by the twin impact of less water flow into Delhi and a mechanical fault with the Okhla barrage, have had …
The Supreme Court today said it would not favour interlinking of rivers if it causes huge financial burden on the Centre and asked for a report on its costs. “My concern is only on the financial liability of the project. We want to make it clear that we would not …
Alarmed over the threat to the historic Taj Mahal because of the drying of the Yamuna, a group of concerned citizens have asked for a White Paper on the river and its current state. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, they have said that a White Paper on …
There is a strong possibility that Delhi's potable water has got contaminated with toxic dyes after the immersion of idols on Durga Puja last week and earlier during the Ganesh festival. "Many idols are immersed upstream in the Wazirabad area, from where Delhi gets its drinking water supply, and water …
New Delhi: After Durga was immersed with festive fervour, devotees bent their heads reverentially for the sprinkling of ‘holy water’. But they were in fact breathing stench and getting sprayed with drain water. The Yamuna seemed like a dirty nullah choked and frothing with filth and scum. And what’s shocking, …
New Delhi: As Durga idols slowly sank into the Yamuna, nostalgia hung heavy and so was an overbearing stench over the ghats. The muddy, smelly waters along the Kalindi Kunj ghat were choked as hundreds of idols were hauled up by cranes and immersed. Plastic bottles, packets, thermocol and ornaments …
New Delhi: Another proposal to usurp a substantial part of the Yamuna floodplain has raised the hackles of environmentalists. An RTI query has revealed Noida Authority is planning to build an embankment on the left bank of the Yamuna, stretching from NH-24 to the Chilla Regulator. While the proposal to …
New Delhi: More projects of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation are meeting with resistance from environmentalists. The Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan has lodged a complaint with the lieutenant-governor against two bridges that DMRC has proposed over the Yamuna. It has alleged that though tenders have been invited for the projects, no formal …
Activists of the Delhi State Council of the Communist Party of India took out a protest march in the Capital on Thursday against the Delhi Government's proposed move to privatise water resources and its distribution. After gathering at Ambedkar Bhawan on Rani Jhansi Road, the activists marched towards the Delhi …
