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 …
JAGPAL SINGH and Dev Singh of Jagir Rohar village in Patiala have little idea that their enmity has resulted in a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court that would bear implications for the rural population of the country. In its January 28 decision in the case concerning encroachment of common …
With the state governments of Delhi and Haryana passing the buck about high pollution levels of Yamuna, a team of activists associated with the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJA), a civil society group fighting to conserve the Yamuna river system found that most of Haryana's sewage treatment plants (STP) are not …
New Delhi: So far it was Haryana that was facing flak for polluting the Yamuna but this time Delhi has also been pulled up for discharging untreated waste into the river. Union environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday wrote to chief ministers of the two states asking them to take …
NEW DELHI: Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday spelt out the do's and don'ts for both Delhi and Haryana by asking them to ensure strict compliance of the prescribed norms against polluting the Yamuna. From suggestions to assistance, the Minister has offered both States a chance to clean up …
New Delhi: Minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh is expected to write to the chief ministers of Delhi and Haryana, asking them to take immediate action against those found polluting the Yamuna. The minister had earlier written to Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in December last year, threatening …
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will chair a meeting with the Delhi and Haryana Chief Ministers next week to discuss outstanding issues between the two States over the Yamuna and related squabbles over who is guilty of polluting its waters. The Minister has also sought a status report from the …
New Delhi: Several parts of the city will have to go without water on Tuesday as two water treatment plants had to be shut down due to excessive levels of ammonia and chloride in raw water yet again. Delhi Jal Board officials said production in the Wazirabad and Chandrawal WTPshadtobeshutdown …
Reversing the effect of urbanization on the riverfront is an ambitious project that will revive the flora and fauna New Delhi: Rapid urbanization along the Yamuna riverfront has taken its toll on the flora and fauna. In an attempt to preserve the
Several areas across the city faced water shortage on Monday after two major water treatment plants were closed following the detection of a high quantity of ammonia in the Yamuna. A Delhi Jal Board official said the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants had to be closed at 2 pm …
NEW DELHI: Trying to put an end to the ongoing blame game between Delhi and Haryana over who pollutes the Yamuna waters, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has offered to chair a meeting between the two States to help them iron out differences. Pointing out …
Minister asks central government to caution Delhi, Himachal, UP and Punjab governments. The Ghaggar waters are being polluted due to the discharge of toxic effluents from industries in Parwanoo, Brotiwala and Kala Amb in Himachal The Ghaggar is being grossly polluted at Tiwana Sarata, Rat Tanheri, Khanauri and Manak by …
Work on a Rs 1,357.71-crore plan to lay an interceptor sewer along three major drains to control pollution in the Yamuna is expected to start on June this year and will be completed in 36 months, a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) affidavit in the Supreme Court said on Monday. The …
In spite of a looming water crisis, the Delhi government and the various civic agencies are still to get their act together. NEHA LALCHANDANI writes Neha Lalchandani The rapid pace of urbanization is putting immense pressure on the country
New Delhi: Even as the environment minister lamented the construction of Akshardham temple and the Commonwealth Games village on the Yamuna riverbed, the Delhi government doesn
