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Namami Gange: Industrial pollution flowing into Ganga down nearly 60 per cent since 2017Industrial pollution in the Ganga has significantly decreased by almost 60 percent since 2017. This achievement is credited to the Namami G...
From river to muddy trail: Yamuna in Delhi is now just a shallow brown stream, Villagers walk across the dry river bedThe Yamuna River in Delhi has shrunk to a shallow, brown stream, with locals now walking across its dry bed. This yearly phenomenon is attr...
Delhi government approves Rs 1,000 crore projects for Yamuna rejuvenationThe government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, is working in mission mode for the rejuvenation of the Yamuna and the cleaning of the Naj...
As Yamuna chokes, political heat rises in Mathura ahead of 2027 UP electionsThe deteriorating condition of the Yamuna river in Mathura is becoming a significant political issue ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assemb...
Delhi govt sets November deadline to clear Yamuna floodplains of encroachmentsThe Delhi government has ordered agencies to remove all encroachments from the Yamuna floodplains by November as part of a 45-point action ...
Delhi: 45-point action plan to rejuvenate Yamuna RiverUnder Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the Delhi Jal Board has launched a Rs 9,000 crore, 45-point action plan to overhaul Delhi's water infrast...
Delhi government to set up 32 real-time water monitoring stations for Yamuna clean-upAll the monitoring stations are expected to be operational by the end of this year. The tender process has already been initiated. These st...
Rs 8,000 cr spent in 32 years, yet Yamuna’s on death bed. Can it be revived in 3 years?Arvind Kejriwal’s claim that the Yamuna is "poisoned" in Haryana is inaccurate. The river enters Delhi from Haryana relatively healthy but ...
Delhi BJP accused AAP govt of 'carelessness', demands probe in Yamuna floodThe Delhi BJP on Sunday demanded a judicial probe into whether any desilting of Yamuna river and drains in the city was done by the AAP gov...
Yamuna shows signs of improvement with dip in biochemical oxygen demand in Najafgarh drainThe biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) levels in Delhi's Najafgarh drain have reduced by 33% compared to last year, according to data from the...
Desilting of 32.58 km of trunk, peripheral sewer lines in Delhi completed: OfficialsChoked and silted sewer lines lead to sewerage overflowing into storm water drains that fall into the Najafgarh drain. These sewer lines wh...
Delhi: Yamuna's pollution load has doubled since 2014, say sourcesAt the Okhla Barrage, where the river leaves Delhi and enters Uttar Pradesh, the BOD levels rose from 32 milligram per litre in 2014 to a s...
Delhi govt to waive late payment surcharge on water bills till Dec 31The Yamuna flows through Delhi from Palla in the north to Jaitpur in the south, covering a distance of 48 kilometres. Between Wazirabad and...
Plan to make seaplane land on Yamuna in next five years: BJP’s Manoj TiwariThe project called "Yamunosa" will be on the lines of Sabarmati on which PM Narendra Modi made a splash on the last day of the Gujarat camp...
Central Pollution Control Board report shows clean Yamuna a distant dreamAccording to Sewage Treatment Plants and Drains of Delhi, “It was observed tha Yamuna ends at Wazirabad and the river virtually start with ...
82 % work done on interceptor sewerage project: MinisterThe project is aimed at improving quality of Yamuna water by commissioning of wastewater intercepting sewer along the three major drains Na...
New Yamuna agency must clear Delhi's sewage messAccording to a report by Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the capital's 13 common effluent treatment plants are treating only 22% of indu...
- NGT order to make Delhi drains pollution-free
If the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) judgment on Yamuna and stormwater drains in Delhi is implemented, drains, that are eyesore now, will...
Govt to strengthen embankments, drainage system in East DelhiThe Delhi government today decided to strengthen a number of embankments and the drainage system in East Delhi.
- Yamuna a drain, not a drop of fresh water: CPCB
The Yamuna is a drain with not a drop of fresh water in its 22-km stretch through Delhi, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) informe...