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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...
Father throws 4-year-old son into Yamuna after domestic fight in FirozabadIn two separate incidents, family disputes led to tragic outcomes for young children. A father allegedly drowned his four-year-old son in t...
Rakha Gupta govt plans to build a 'Great Wall of Delhi' to stop Yamuna flood problem. Here is the 4.7-km grand planDelhi plans a 4.7-km flood wall along the Yamuna's western bank before the next monsoon. The structure aims to protect areas like Civil Lin...
Mathura boat tragedy: Death toll rises to 11; vessel operator heldMathura boat accident: The death toll in the Yamuna river boat capsize tragedy in Mathura has risen to 11. One body was recovered on Saturd...
Delhi drowning in its trash, silt and AAP govt's feuds with CentreHeavy monsoon in 2024 resulted in severe flooding across Delhi, leading to multiple deaths. A government assessment pointed out that years ...
Delhi govt spraying poisonous chemical in Yamuna to remove froth ahead of Chhath Puja: BJP MPWest Delhi MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma also challenged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to take a dip in the Yamuna and alleged that the AAP...
Water supply in parts of Delhi likely to remain affected for a week: Delhi Jal BoardDelhi gets 250 million gallons of raw water a day through the Upper Ganga Canal, officials said, adding around 200 million gallons a day (M...
Centre should be asked to accept, notify revised E-flow for Delhi stretch of Yamuna: NGT panelAccording to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, an environmental flow (E-flow) is the water provided within a river, wetla...
Delhi Jal Board CEO moves National Green Tribunal alleging sand mining in YamunaThe green panel had earlier that said that pollution in the Yamuna was of serious concern as the river was highly contaminated with industr...
Oxygen levels show why Yamuna is dead for all practical purposesThe pre-monsoon data of May from 2010 to 2018 also shows DO levels to be nil everywhere except in Palla and Surghat (downstream of Waziraba...
Yamuna stretch to soon become kayaking hubKapil Mishra, several kayaking and canoeing organisations have written to the government about the potential to develop the sport in Delhi.
Centre promises restoration of "ecological flow" in YamunaUnion minister of communication and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad was also sent by the government to Jantar Mantar to appease the YMA protesters.
Thousands join hands to save YamunaAt least a thousand farmers, activists and Krishna devotees from Mathura and other parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, West Be...
Government push needed for two critical infrastructure projectsPWD minister Satyendar Jain said that improvement of road infrastructure is high on his list of priorities, but a dialogue needs to be init...
- 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...
- Agra builds monument to clean sewage
Agra suffers the reality of be ing located along the Yamuna downstream of polluting cities like Delhi and Mathura.
- Yamuna flood threat in Delhi
September the month when monsoon is supposed to withdraw from the region has brought not only rain for Delhi but also the possibility of fl...
- Haryana govt seeks Central role to reduce pollution in Yamuna
Blaming Delhi for turning the Yamuna river to a sewage drain, Haryana government has sought the central government's intervention to reduce...
- Lack of fresh water in Yamuna has taken toll on water quality
Increasing effluents and sewage coupled with lack of fresh water in Yamuna during lean period has taken a toll on the water quality of the ...