110 electric buses to connect Jewar airport; UP CM reviews expressway, industrial projectsUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the deployment of 110 electric buses for the upcoming Noida International Airport ...
27 May, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
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...
03 May, 2026, 11.09 AM IST
Yamuna Action Plan Phase 3: Covid lockdown, air pollution-induced curbs, delay in nod slow down workIn the report detailing work progress till January 2022, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said the work was delayed due to a “delay in tree-cuttin...
21 Feb, 2022, 07.02 PM IST
India's largest sewage treatment plant to come up at Okhla: DJBThe plant will be able to treat 124 million gallons of wastewater per day and will come up at a cost of Rs 1,161 crore in three years
29 May, 2019, 07.57 PM IST
Yamuna cleans up Rs 2000 crore from govt coffers in 22 years!Negligible dissolved oxygen levels and high coliform levels of as much as 16 crore reiterates that the Yamuna is a dead river.
22 Feb, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
No action on NGT plan for YamunaThis is not the first time that agencies have delayed the efforts to clean up Yamuna. NGT's earlier orders have also not been followed up f...
09 Aug, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
JICA extends loan of Rs 1,000 crore for development of sewerage system in PuneThe agreement was signed in the presence of Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of In...
13 Jan, 2016, 01.09 PM IST
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...
15 Aug, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
'One-stop solution' to Yamuna woes - a special purpose vehicleThe BJP-led Union government and the AAP government in Delhi have decided to launch a special purpose vehicle for Yamuna together.
13 Aug, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
Unsewered areas in new Yamuna clean-up plan, experts happyThe residents are wondering why they have to pay for the government agencies' failures when they are already paying sewerage charges.
11 May, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
Factories discharging effluents into Yamuna asked to shiftAs many as 67 small factories in the city who are discharging effluents directly into the Yamuna have been asked to shift from their curren...
24 Feb, 2015, 06.43 PM IST
Government to rope in national, foreign experts to rejuvenate YamunaArun Jaitley presented the Rs 36,776 crore Budget for Delhi in Parliament as the state is currently under President's rule.
18 Jul, 2014, 05.17 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections: Party manifestos mum on pollution in riversAbout Rs 6,500 crore has been spent on the river in the past 19 years, according to Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan.
09 Apr, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
Phase III of Yamuna Action Plan approved for DelhiEnvironment ministry approved phase III of Yamuna Action Plan for Delhi besides sanctioning 2 projects of pollution abatement for river in ...
09 Dec, 2013, 07.49 PM IST
Yamuna Action Plan Board discusses pollution control measuresThe Yamuna Action Plan Board today discussed implementation of various measures for reducing pollution level in the river in Mathura stretc...
17 Jan, 2013, 10.46 PM IST
Singapore managed to clean its lifeline in 10 years but Delhi is letting its Yamuna die a slow deathIn a period of 10 years and at a cost of about Singapore $300 million, the city managed to clean up the river completely and turn it into a...
08 Jul, 2012, 10.53 AM IST
- Rs 1,656 cr Yamuna Action Plan-III likely to be approved soon
The government is likely to give its approval soon for the ambitious Rs 1,656 crore Yamuna Action Plan-III, which is exclusively focused on...
27 Mar, 2011, 08.43 PM IST