Yamuna Clean Up

Delhi minister Atishi today said the Public Works Department (PWD) has started pumping out water, cleaning roads and opening them up for traffic movement in view of a fall in the Yamuna water level.

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today mounted a fresh attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government accusing it of banning Chhath celebrations on the Yamuna riverbanks to cover up its failure to clean the river.

Mathura MP Hema Malini on Tuesday said she will request Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take necessary steps to reduce pollution in the Yamuna before the next "shahi snan" during the Vrindavan Kumbh.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a report from a committee, set up by the NGT, regarding the recommendations made by the panel for improving the water quality of Yamuna river and the extent to which authorities have implemented them.

Two months of the Coronavirus lockdown have done what successive governments could not do in 25 years with over Rs 5,000 crore at their disposal-clean up the Yamuna river.

Scottish-Indian entrepreneur and well-known philanthropist Poonam Gupta, who's popular as Paper Queen, wants to lend a helping hand to clean up Yamuna to save precious heritage assets like the Taj Mahal.

A committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to monitor the Yamuna river cleaning operation has regretted that the response of the Uttar Pradesh authorities in this regard has been "highly unsatisfactory".

Yogi Adityanath's holy dip at the Kumbh Mela along with his cabinet has inspired Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to post a rare Hindi tweet, along with a veiled dig. Yogi Adityanath, the saffron-wearing chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, called a meeting of his cabinet at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, on Tuesday, and followed it up ...

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments to inform it within two weeks on the status of setting up full time committees for cleaning of river Yamuna.

In a landmark judgement on Monday, the Uttrakhand High court gave rivers Yamuna and Ganga rights similar to a living person. This new status of "living entity of India" is making environmentalists and locals hopeful about the future. The court's decision is expected to have a positive bearing on efforts to clean up the polluted and abused rivers.

The river Ganga, said to be the cradle of Indian civilization, has been given the status of the "first living entity of India" by the Uttarakhand high court. The landmark judgment of the court gives Ganga rights similar to a living person, and is expected to have a positive bearing on efforts to clean up the polluted and much abused river.

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said the Centre was committed to clean up the Yamuna river and start ferry service between Vrindavan and Agra in Uttar Pradesh in two years.

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.

Individuals caught throwing waste items and "religious items" in Yamuna in Delhi will be fined Rs 5,000, the National Green Tribunal has announced. The announcement is in line with the Centre's fresh efforts to clean up the Ganga.

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.

Delhi minister Atishi today said the Public Works Department (PWD) has started pumping out water, cleaning roads and opening them up for traffic movement in view of a fall in the Yamuna water level.

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today mounted a fresh attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government accusing it of banning Chhath celebrations on the Yamuna riverbanks to cover up its failure to clean the river.

Mathura MP Hema Malini on Tuesday said she will request Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take necessary steps to reduce pollution in the Yamuna before the next "shahi snan" during the Vrindavan Kumbh.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a report from a committee, set up by the NGT, regarding the recommendations made by the panel for improving the water quality of Yamuna river and the extent to which authorities have implemented them.

Two months of the Coronavirus lockdown have done what successive governments could not do in 25 years with over Rs 5,000 crore at their disposal-clean up the Yamuna river.

Scottish-Indian entrepreneur and well-known philanthropist Poonam Gupta, who's popular as Paper Queen, wants to lend a helping hand to clean up Yamuna to save precious heritage assets like the Taj Mahal.

A committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to monitor the Yamuna river cleaning operation has regretted that the response of the Uttar Pradesh authorities in this regard has been "highly unsatisfactory".

Yogi Adityanath's holy dip at the Kumbh Mela along with his cabinet has inspired Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to post a rare Hindi tweet, along with a veiled dig. Yogi Adityanath, the saffron-wearing chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, called a meeting of his cabinet at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, on Tuesday, and followed it up ...

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments to inform it within two weeks on the status of setting up full time committees for cleaning of river Yamuna.

In a landmark judgement on Monday, the Uttrakhand High court gave rivers Yamuna and Ganga rights similar to a living person. This new status of "living entity of India" is making environmentalists and locals hopeful about the future. The court's decision is expected to have a positive bearing on efforts to clean up the polluted and abused rivers.

The river Ganga, said to be the cradle of Indian civilization, has been given the status of the "first living entity of India" by the Uttarakhand high court. The landmark judgment of the court gives Ganga rights similar to a living person, and is expected to have a positive bearing on efforts to clean up the polluted and much abused river.

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said the Centre was committed to clean up the Yamuna river and start ferry service between Vrindavan and Agra in Uttar Pradesh in two years.

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.

Individuals caught throwing waste items and "religious items" in Yamuna in Delhi will be fined Rs 5,000, the National Green Tribunal has announced. The announcement is in line with the Centre's fresh efforts to clean up the Ganga.

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.