Page 3 - Yamuna River

After Ganga, Yamuna and Saryu rivers set to become pollution free

After the Ganga in Kanpur and Varanasi, the Saryu in Ayodhya, and Yamuna in Vrindavan are all set to become pollution-free.

Reinvigorating Yamuna

Continuing with the existing approach will not help

70 years of filth can't be cleaned in 2 days: Kejriwal on Yamuna

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the Yamuna river that got dirty over the period of 70 years cannot be cleaned in two days.

Delhi govt working on war footing to clean Yamuna by Feb 2025: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said his government is working on a war footing on a six-point action plan to clean the Yamuna by February 2025. The chief minister said he will deliver on the promise he made before the 2019 Assembly polls to clean the Delhi stretch of the river. "It took the Yamuna 70 years to become so polluted. The damage done in 70 years cannot be undone in just two days. I had made a promise that I will clean the Yamuna (in Delhi) by the next Assembly polls and will take a dip in it along with all of you," he said at a press conference. "We are working on a war footing to clean the Yamuna. There are six specific action points to achieve this and I am personally monitoring the progress," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said. He said the government is constructing new sewage treatment plants (STPs) as well as increasing the capacity of the existing ones and upgrading those. "This will increase our sewage treatment capacity from around 600 milli

Delhi govt has prepared six-point action plan to clean Yamuna: Kejriwal

He said the government is constructing new sewage treatment plants and increasing the capacity of the existing ones as well as upgrading those

Police disperse crowd thronging Yamuna Ghat for Chhath Puja

Police and administrative officials on Wednesday stopped scores of devotees thronging the ghats along the Yamuna river in Delhi for Chhath festivities, citing DDMA orders

Yamuna's toxic foam 'gift' to Delhi from UP, Haryana govts: Raghav Chadha

While speaking to ANI, the AAP leader said that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana should be blamed for the toxic foam in the Yamuna river.

BJP's Manoj Tiwari rides boat in toxic foam-covered Yamuna in Delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari on Monday rode a boat in toxic foam-covered Yamuna in the national capital

Ensure no untreated waste is discharged into Yamuna: Satyendar Jain

Delhi Water and Industries Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday directed officials to connect stormwater drains carrying industrial waste to the common effluent treatment plants

Yamuna level breaches 'danger mark'; evacuation begins in low-lying areas

The Delhi administration on Friday sounded a flood alert and expedited efforts to evacuate people living in the Yamuna floodplains, as the river in the capital breached the danger mark

Yamuna can't become fit for bathing in absence of e-flow: Delhi govt

The Yamuna cannot become fit for bathing in the absence of a minimum environment flow in the river, the Delhi government has said in a report submitted in the Union Jal Shakti Ministry. It also said of the 35 sewage treatment plants in Delhi, 22 do not meet the wastewater standards prescribed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). Of the 13 Common Effluent Treatment Plants in industrial areas across Delhi, only six comply with the DPCC standards for wastewater. "Minimum environmental flow for the dilution of the polluted water in the Yamuna in Delhi is required to meet the desired water quality levels in the river for bathing purpose i.e. BOD<3 mg/l and DO>5 mg/l," the report read. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, an environmental flow is the water provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. A study conducted by National

Haryana releases 16,000 cusecs water in Yamuna: AAP's Raghav Chadha

Chadha had earlier said Haryana had been withholding 120 MGD (million gallons per day) water belonging to Delhi, which led to a water crisis in the Union Territory.

Water levels in Yamuna at lowest point in 56 years: Raghav Chadha

Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Vice-Chairman Raghav Chadha on Monday said the water levels of the Yamuna river at the Wazirabad barrage have hit the lowest point in 56 years

Yamuna pollution: 12 CETPs fined Rs 12 cr for not meeting standards

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has imposed a fine of over Rs 12 crore on 12 common effluent treatment plants for not meeting prescribed wastewater discharge standards repetitively

Hundreds of trees chopped off along Yamuna river, furore on social media

The trees were cut on Saturday and after a furore on social media and complaints by the green activists, the police filed an FIR

'Ammonia levels in Yamuna rise again, to hit water supply in Delhi'

The spike in ammonia levels in Yamuna has largely hit the water production at three main water treatment plants - Wazirabad, Chandrawal and Okhla.

Yamuna body gets Rs 3,725 cr loan from SBI to develop airport in Jewar

The entire principal plus interest amount has to be paid within 20 years.

Haryana hasn't taken steps to lower ammonia level in Yamuna, Delhi tells SC

The Delhi government has told the Supreme Court that Haryana has not taken any concrete step to address its grievance over discharge of untreated pollutants in Yamuna

SC extends status quo on supply of Yamuna water to Delhi till April 6

Haryana's counsel had submitted however that full level of water supply has been made

Contamination of Yamuna: SC impleads Ministry of Jal Shakti as party

Taking cognisance of contamination of rivers by effluent, the top court also issued notices to the Centre, CPCB and five states including Delhi and Haryana on the issue