Yamuna Activists

Renowned environmental activist and former Indian Forest Service officer Manoj Misra breathed his last at 12.40 pm on Sunday, leaving behind a legacy of battles fought to safeguard precious forests and rivers. He was 68.

Activists in Agra will try to build a dummy of the iconic Taj Mahal with plastic and polythene waste at a park on river Yamuna in the Uttar Pradesh town.

Environment activists and local authorities are alarmed as dead fish have been found floating in the Yamuna at Mathura, apparently due to the discharge of toxic waste into the river. Thousands of dead fish have been seen since Thursday, they said. People who had gone to the ghats for a bath were the first to spot them that day, an activist said. Ma...

The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi's last six elephants at work could be just around the corner. After years of pressure from activists who accuse the animals' owners of flouting wildlife regulations by keeping them in a city, authorities have ordered the seizure of the e...

With the Yamuna totally dry and a fast depleting water table, the citizens of Agra are facing an acute water shortage.

Beautification and rejuvenation work of the Yamuna riverfront in the temple town of Vrindavan has come under the lens of the National Green Tribunal, with an environment activist seeking a stay on the ongoing construction activity in the area.

Eco-activists here today floated hundreds of paper boats in Yamuna, seeking to remind Union tranport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkiri of his promise made in Decemeber 2014 that people soon would be able to sail from Delhi to Agra in the river.

Activists and environmentalists on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and urged him to take immediate steps to save and revive river Yamuna.

Concerned over the increasing encroachment on the Yamuna floodplains here, an environment activist today moved the National Green Tribunal against the operation of concrete plant by an engineering and construction company here.

Hundreds of river activists and environmentalists organized a walk demanding release of water in Yamuna and speed up cleaning programmes to save the river from further degradation.

Green activists plan to stage protests in the national capital on February 1 to demand that the Narendra Modi government act fast to clean up the highly polluted Yamuna river.

Thousands of activists, on a march from Vrindavan to Delhi demanding release of Yamuna water from Hathini Kund barrage, on Monday blocked the Delhi-Agra highway and rail route, disrupting traffic movement majorly.

Renowned environmental activist and former Indian Forest Service officer Manoj Misra breathed his last at 12.40 pm on Sunday, leaving behind a legacy of battles fought to safeguard precious forests and rivers. He was 68.

Activists in Agra will try to build a dummy of the iconic Taj Mahal with plastic and polythene waste at a park on river Yamuna in the Uttar Pradesh town.

Environment activists and local authorities are alarmed as dead fish have been found floating in the Yamuna at Mathura, apparently due to the discharge of toxic waste into the river. Thousands of dead fish have been seen since Thursday, they said. People who had gone to the ghats for a bath were the first to spot them that day, an activist said. Ma...

The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi's last six elephants at work could be just around the corner. After years of pressure from activists who accuse the animals' owners of flouting wildlife regulations by keeping them in a city, authorities have ordered the seizure of the e...

With the Yamuna totally dry and a fast depleting water table, the citizens of Agra are facing an acute water shortage.

Beautification and rejuvenation work of the Yamuna riverfront in the temple town of Vrindavan has come under the lens of the National Green Tribunal, with an environment activist seeking a stay on the ongoing construction activity in the area.

Eco-activists here today floated hundreds of paper boats in Yamuna, seeking to remind Union tranport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkiri of his promise made in Decemeber 2014 that people soon would be able to sail from Delhi to Agra in the river.

Activists and environmentalists on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and urged him to take immediate steps to save and revive river Yamuna.

Concerned over the increasing encroachment on the Yamuna floodplains here, an environment activist today moved the National Green Tribunal against the operation of concrete plant by an engineering and construction company here.

Hundreds of river activists and environmentalists organized a walk demanding release of water in Yamuna and speed up cleaning programmes to save the river from further degradation.

Green activists plan to stage protests in the national capital on February 1 to demand that the Narendra Modi government act fast to clean up the highly polluted Yamuna river.

Thousands of activists, on a march from Vrindavan to Delhi demanding release of Yamuna water from Hathini Kund barrage, on Monday blocked the Delhi-Agra highway and rail route, disrupting traffic movement majorly.