Tag: Yamuna
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NGT directs Delhi govt to levy sewerage charges from all households for discharge of untreated effluents
The green panel noted that 2.3 lakh people in unauthorised colonies in Delhi have not taken sewage connection which was resulting in the emission of pollutants in the river.
July 9, 2020 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Rural economy must be strengthened’
A business administrator by profession, he left his job in Mumbai in 2003 to take up development of self-sustaining business models in villages with local people as buyers and producers of goods.
June 20, 2020 -
Yamuna river leaves netizens amazed with cleaner, fresher view
The river Yamuna, that has been a victim of severe pollution caused mainly by garbage throwing and dumping of industrial waste is also looking unbelievably crystal clear, as could be gauged from the pictures and videos shared on social media.
April 5, 2020 -
Agra gets makeover ahead of Trump visit; water released into Yamuna, city painted in one colour
US President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Ahmedabad and New Delhi on February 24 and 25.
February 20, 2020 -
Why Pallas’s fish eagle pair is big attraction at Asan this season?
Asan is a man-made wetland and attracts one of the biggest numbers of Brahminy Duck or Ruddy Shelduck in north India.
November 30, 2019 -
Delhi Pollution Control Committee asked to submit report on foaming Yamuna
In a letter to DPCC, the monitoring panel said the shocking pictures of women standing knee-deep in foaming, polluted Yamuna to offer prayers have got extensive media coverage and have gone viral on Twitter with 'very damaging comments.'
November 8, 2019 -
Bhai Dooj 2019: A propitious occasion to remember brothers and sisters
It is a beautiful occasion when sisters pray to God for the well-being of their beloved brothers and brothers promise to follow their responsibilities of caring and loving their sisters
October 28, 2019 -
Manoj Tiwari asks mayors to improve arrangements at Chhath ghats
"Sanitation and repair work of the roads leading to these ghats and surrounding areas should be completed before the Chhath Puja," Tiwari stated in his letter to the three mayors.
October 27, 2019 -
Music legends the theme of CR Park’s ‘green’ Puja this year
Puja organisers in Chittaranjan Park's Cooperative Ground Durga Puja Samity (CGDPS) have got an eco-friendly idol for which they have been awarded in the past too.
September 26, 2019 -
National Green Tribunal asks Delhi govt specific schedule for cleaning Yamuna
The tribunal had earlier also expressed dissatisfaction over the cleaning of the Yamuna river and directed Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments to submit a performance guarantee of Rs10 crore each within a month.
August 25, 2019 -
Awaiting a flood
There can be no sabka vikas if sabka sath does not prove the guiding light.
August 22, 2019 -
IAF rescues Civil lives from flooded field in Haryana
As an immediate move, one Mi-17 Helicopter of the IAF was tasked to rescue the stranded civilians.
August 20, 2019 -
Arvind Kejriwal, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launch pilot project in Yamuna floodplains
It is the country's first project of its kind, which has been conceived in order to tackle water scarcity in the national capital.
August 10, 2019 -
15 dead, 133 buildings collapse in heavy rains in UP; water level in rivers nearing danger mark
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted 'partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers' for Saturday and next five days in Lucknow.
July 13, 2019 -
Two drown in Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district
In another incident in Kairana, a person drowned and another is missing when they came to bath in the Yamuna, an officer said.
June 13, 2019 -
Do not pollute rivers after festive season is over
Fall in love with rivers and save fresh water source.
November 14, 2018 -
Evacuation begins as Yamuna level rises in Delhi
The Yamuna in Delhi was flowing above the danger mark at 205.06 metres by 10 a.m., an Irrigation and Flood Control Department official said
July 28, 2018