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 pine-scented Himalayan valley, Sushila Devi is a reluctant soldier in India's new war over water. Her village, Pipola, sits just southeast of the Tehri Dam, which bestrides one of the precursors of the Ganges River and is India's largest hydropower project. Since the dam was completed in 2006, …
The water quality in areas fed by the Haiderpur and Nangloi water treatment plants is likely to be affected due to an acute water shortage over the next four days following an increase in the Yamuna
New Delhi: Several parts of southwest, west, northwest and north Delhi will have to go without water or get a reduced supply in the coming few days, after poor quality of raw water being supplied to the Nangloi and Haiderpur water treatment plants (WTP) reduced production in the WTPs by …
MUZAFFARNAGAR: A flood alert has been sounded in ten districts of western Uttar Pradesh with swelling of Yamuna while water level in Ganga was also rising at many places. Deputy secretary of the revenue department Raj Raten said that the flood alert has been issued in Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Meerut, …
Several districts in Haryana were on high alert as heavy rain continued and the Yamuna rose further. As the Army struggled to plug the 40-foot breach in the SYL canal at village Jogan Khera near Jyotisar in Kurukshetra district, a fresh breach erupted at Darsi village. Over 40 villages in …
With the arrival of monsoon in the city and neighbouring states, the Delhi government has on Wednesday asked residents of low-lying areas along the Yamuna river bank to remain alert and if possible shift to safe places. The statement has come in the wake of Haryana releasing 50, 000 cusecs …
Three years ago, the Forest Research Institute (FRI) had proposed the utilisation of a cost-effective and natural way of treating industrial or domestic wastes to clear the Yamuna River of pollution in Delhi, but the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has given a deaf year to the FRI proposal. The authorities …
: The Archaeological Survey of India has stopped work on a new bridge across the Yamuna here as it is very close to a Mughal-era monument. Superintending archaeologist A.R. Siddiqui said:
Mismanagement of rainwater is at the root of the problem, claims Rajendra Singh. He tells PERNEET SINGH of The Tribune that while people in urban areas are receiving water at subsidised rates, in rural areas people have inadequate access to water Even as the entire country is facing an unprecedented …
New Delhi: The groundwater levels in the city are plunging to such an extent that many parts of Delhi have already gone dry. Largescale exploitation of groundwater has led to a colossal problem of water availability in the city. The only viable way to preserve it, or at least replenish …
The answer to pollution in the Yamuna lies in rethinking the subsidy on water use and building capacity for drainage Every year, on June 5, the world remembers and celebrates the concern for environment in the form of the World Environment Day. But why are we not getting the practice …
SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY NEW DELHI A DTC bus depot being constructed at Yamuna flood plain, near Akshardham temple, to ferry athletes and officials to and from the Games Village to sports venues has come under the scanner of the Delhi high court. Filing a petition on behalf of an NGO, …
This state of environment report for Delhi released on June 5, 2010 presents an overview of the environmental situation & emphasizes on the efforts towards carbon-neutral Commonwealth Games. Also proposes strategies for overcoming environmental challenges faced by the growing metropolitan city. See Also Report: Master plan for Delhi: with the …
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet committee finally cleared the interceptor sewer project for Rs 1,357 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) funding. With bids expected to be invited for it soon, Delhi government
Paving way for what is being seen as a ong-term solution to the pollution in the Yamuna iver due to untreated sewage disposal, the Union Cabinet Committee on nfrastructure on Wednesday cleared the pro ect for laying interceptor sewer along the three main drains of the city Najafgarh, Supplementary (running …
The Union Cabinet Committee on Wednesday approved the ambitious Rs 1,357-crore Yamuna cleaning Interceptor Sewer project of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). In what is termed as the largest fund approval for Delhi under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the project was cleared after extensive examination by …
With the LG giving it the nod, DDA is going ahead with its Yamuna project which will see land on both sides of the river being greened and developed. Work on the first stretch will start in a few months and the project should be completed in five years ? …
