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Farmers allege illegal sand mining in Yamuna floodplains, administration denies claim

Farmers claim that the contractors are mining sand illegally in Dostpur Mangroli Bangar

Updated on Jul 1, 2019, 1:42 PM IST

Reimagining the Yamuna can help transform it

Updated on Jul 1, 2019, 3:22 PM IST

Hike Delhi share of Yamuna water: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi had signed a memorandum of understanding on May 12, 1994, regarding allocation of surface flow of river Yamuna.

Updated on Jun 25, 2019, 4:36 AM IST

Silt dumping turns costly for east Delhi Municipal Corporation

Experts said that such local protests against dumping sites have become common. “This is again an example of the NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) syndrome.

Updated on Jun 24, 2019, 5:27 AM IST

Tourist drowns in Yamuna while posing for pictures

Hitesh Varshney (in red vest) minutes before he drowned in the Yamuna, in Mathura on Saturday.

Updated on Jun 23, 2019, 12:37 PM IST

Old meets new at the Yamuna ghats in Delhi

With the river has turned into a drain and a dumping ground for waste over the years, the once vibrant ghats, which face utter neglect and civic apathy today, are not as picture perfect as Pandit’s Instagram account would suggest.

Updated on Jun 23, 2019, 6:06 AM IST

Rs224 crore for Yamuna expressway safety

The UP government has directed the Yamuna Expressway industrial development authority and Jaypee Infratech Limited to provide safety features to motorists on 165km Yamuna Expressway.(Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times)

Published on Jun 20, 2019, 2:40 AM IST

Bring in corporates to protect Yamuna floodplains, NGT panel recommends

Majnu Ka Tilla, along the floodplains, as seen from the Signature bridge.

Updated on Jun 19, 2019, 7:33 AM IST

NGT body tells DDA to save Yamuna plains

Expressing concern over increasing encroachment on the Yamuna floodplains, between Old Railway Bridge and Wazirabad, the NGT-appointed Yamuna pollution monitoring committee has asked the DDA to “intervene” and plan a “well coordinated site visit” to contain the menace.

Updated on Jun 18, 2019, 3:49 AM IST

Yogi to officials: Develop Noida, G Noida, Yamuna areas as smart cities

Hazy views of the city skyline due to increased air pollution, in Noida, India, on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Updated on Jun 15, 2019, 12:05 AM IST

Delhi PWD minister wants all drains cleaned before June 22

PWD minister Satyendar Jain took stock of ongoing PWD roads and drains related work. He directed senior official to complete desilting of drains under its jurisdiction till 22nd June. (Image: Twitter)

Updated on Jun 14, 2019, 10:43 PM IST

Delhi activist red flags ecological park on fly ash pond, says test water quality

Experts said while heavy metals from the ash-dump do leachate in the soil and planners must take remedial measures.

Updated on Jun 6, 2019, 4:17 AM IST

DTTDC fined ₹5.5 lakh for choking Yamuna

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has imposed an environment compensation of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5.5 lakh on the Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation Ltd (DTTDC) for choking the Yamuna’s flow with debris from the Signature Bridge.

Published on May 31, 2019, 4:36 AM IST

Waste dumped in drains polluting Yamuna: Panel

A team of the NGT-appointed Yamuna pollution monitoring committee in the national capital has found large quantities of solid waste and polythene dumped in storm water drains across the city that empty into the river, polluting it.

Published on May 27, 2019, 3:44 AM IST

Pledges, projects to raise awareness on Yamuna

Students will be a part of awareness sessions during morning assembly, watch relevant slides from Yamuna Monitoring Committee site and be a part of classroom demonstrations.

Updated on May 20, 2019, 7:41 PM IST

Breathing new life into Yamuna floodplains, one wetland at a time

The land-owning agency has roped in CR Babu, who heads the Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) at the Delhi University, for the project.

Updated on May 21, 2019, 7:41 AM IST

Waste water from septic tanks dumped into Yamuna: CPCB

A joint team of officials from CPCB and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) stumbled upon tankers disposing waste water from septic tanks directly into the floodplains

Published on May 17, 2019, 2:05 AM IST

Yamuna: CPCB tells state to ensure STPs are augmented

Notably, industrial and domestic discharge from these industrial cities was the main source of pollution in the Yamuna water.

Published on May 16, 2019, 4:18 AM IST

DJB may consider coercive steps to make people get sewer connections

The national capital has over 1,700 unauthorised colonies with a population of around 40 lakh. Only around 14%-15% of these colonies have a sewerage network, as per the status report filed by the committee last year.

Published on May 15, 2019, 6:41 AM IST

Finally, a plan to tackle idol immersion pollution in Delhi

Senior officials of the state environment department said that the plan would help regulate the use of materials such as Plaster of Paris, chemicals and synthetic paints used in making idols.

Published on May 15, 2019, 6:22 AM IST

Treated waste water from Noida Sector 168 STP to irrigate green belts, parks

The Noida authority is already reusing treated water from five STPS.

Published on May 13, 2019, 11:32 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Ferry ride to Taj on Yamuna in two years, promises Nitin Gadkari

Union minister for road transport and shipping Nitin Gadkari Thursday said in the next two years, Delhiites will be able to take a ferry on the Yamuna to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal.

Updated on May 10, 2019, 8:40 AM IST

Panel to find if bund created on Yamuna

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday formed a committee headed by a retired high court judge to inspect whether bunds have been constructed on the Yamuna leading to blocking of water to the national capital.

Published on May 10, 2019, 1:58 AM IST

Delhi says Haryana is obstructing flow of the Yamuna

Delhi says Haryana is obstructing flow of the Yamuna

Published on May 4, 2019, 5:34 AM IST

Rethink Mathura Road U-turn, PWD told

The Delhi high court has directed the public works department (PWD) to, within four weeks, reconsider its plan to construct two underground U-turns on Mathura Road, near Supreme Nursery, after Sunder Nagar residents moved court.

Published on May 4, 2019, 5:19 AM IST

Signature Bridge debris partly cleared, new allegations emerge

On Monday, when HT revisited the spot it was found that much of the debris had already been removed. A new and much broader channel has been opened through which the river now flows.

Published on May 1, 2019, 4:56 AM IST

2-year-old leopard crushed to death by truck in Yamunanagar

Villagers living near the Kalesar forest range said leopards often come out of the dense forest to drink water or for preying on other animals along the banks of Yamuna.

Updated on Apr 30, 2019, 1:22 PM IST

Let rivers be rivers, they make best riverfronts

The AAP manifesto promises a “beautiful riverfront” and an amusement park in the area surrounding the Signature Bridge.

Updated on Apr 29, 2019, 3:28 PM IST

NGT alarmed at post-Kumbh mess in Prayragraj, warns of epidemic

Solid waste being burnt at Parade Ground near Sangam in Prayagraj.

Updated on Apr 26, 2019, 8:59 AM IST

NGT panel seeks report on Signature Bridge green violations

The Yamuna pollution monitoring committee — a panel formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) — has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to submit a report at the earliest on the dumping of construction waste into the Yamuna and obstructing the river’s flow below Signature Bridge.

Published on Apr 26, 2019, 5:35 AM IST

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