Kejriwal's new deadline for cleaning Yamuna: 'Will take a dip in river before 2025 elections'
1 year, 9 months ago

Kejriwal's new deadline for cleaning Yamuna: 'Will take a dip in river before 2025 elections'

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday assured that the cleaning of Yamuna Bank will be completed before 2025. Interestingly, clearing the sites was also one of the 10 guarantees that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced ahead of the municipal election. While speaking to media, Arvind Kejriwal said, "A 6-point action plan has been formed to clean Yamuna.Before the next election in 2025, I will take a dip with you in Yamuna." Themed "neat and clean Delhi", the annual budget of the Arvind Kejriwal government focused on cleaning Yamuna and removing three mountains of garbage from landfill sites in the city.

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Arvind Kejriwal claims to clean Yamuna river yet again, has made similar failed promises since 2015
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Arvind Kejriwal claims to clean Yamuna river yet again, has made similar failed promises since 2015

Op India  

Ahead of the 2025 Vidhan Sabha elections in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal has attempted to take a ‘moral high ground’ on the issue of Yamuna river pollution. I will not get votes on the issue of Yamuna.” With an air of moral superiority, the AAP supremo claimed, “Even then, I will get the Yamuna river cleaned. Arvind …

Delhi elections 2025: THESE are the key issues against Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi elections 2025: THESE are the key issues against Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP

India TV News  

Delhi elections 2025: The elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly are due in February. In the view of recent victory in the tough poll battles, especially in Odisha and Haryana, the BJP has a strong ground to be confident that this time the saffron party will be successful in disloding the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi. Here are key …

Delhi L-G accuses Kejriwal of stopping Yamuna cleaning efforts, AAP hits back
2 months ago

Delhi L-G accuses Kejriwal of stopping Yamuna cleaning efforts, AAP hits back

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday accused former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of stonewalling his efforts to clean the Yamuna, claiming the A supremo feared that he might get the credit for it. Delhi L-G accuses Kejriwal of stopping Yamuna cleaning efforts, AAP hits back Reacting to the allegations, A said Saxena was "misleading" the people and …

HC pulls up Delhi govt over Yamuna pollution, asks CS to take action against erring officials over waterlogging
2 months ago

HC pulls up Delhi govt over Yamuna pollution, asks CS to take action against erring officials over waterlogging

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The high court here on Tuesday asked the Delhi chief secretary to step in and take administrative action against erring officials responsible for not desilting drains in the city that led to waterlogging, instead of presenting a "rosy picture" before the court. HC pulls up Delhi govt over Yamuna pollution, asks CS to take action against erring officials …

Delhi’s pollution crisis needs evidence-based policy reform
2 months ago

Delhi’s pollution crisis needs evidence-based policy reform

New Indian Express  

The capital of the world’s largest democracy—Delhi—is grappling with a pollution crisis. With approximately 80 per cent of Delhi’s waste being generated by only about 20 per cent of the people, the city is finding itself in an increasingly challenging situation. For instance, the mechanised sweeping vans frequently seen on Delhi roads are largely ineffective due to several factors: uneven …

Delhi’s water augmentation plans fail to take off
7 months, 1 week ago

Delhi’s water augmentation plans fail to take off

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The water level at Yamuna has been below the usual availability over the last week of May in Delhi. Delhi continues to be a water-stressed city every summer, exacerbated by a growing population amid limited water supply from the Yamuna, but progress on multiple projects conceived over the past seven years to boost water availability continues to trickle …

As Yamuna pollution makes headlines ahead of Chhath Puja, AAP repeats its old blame game
1 year, 1 month ago

As Yamuna pollution makes headlines ahead of Chhath Puja, AAP repeats its old blame game

Op India  

Blame is the weapon of the incompetent. A prime example of this is Delhi Education Minister Atishi’s statement blaming Uttar Pradesh for the alarming pollution in the Yamuna River. In the next two days, the toxic foam will completely vanish…But I would like to urge the Uttar Pradesh government to not send its polluted water to Delhi.” #WATCH | On …

Delhi: Manoj Tiwari, Virendra Sachdeva visit Yamuna ghat to take stock of pollution level | VIDEO
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi: Manoj Tiwari, Virendra Sachdeva visit Yamuna ghat to take stock of pollution level | VIDEO

India TV News  

Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Virendra Sachdeva and party MP Manoj Tiwari on Monday visited one of the Yamuna ghats in Delhi to take stock of the pollution level in the presence of media persons. Speaking to the reporters, the BJP leaders slammed the Delhi government led by Arvind Kejriwal for failing to clean the river. Tiwari said the situation …

Delhi floods | When the Yamuna rose
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi floods | When the Yamuna rose

The Hindu  

/ repeat shuffle Every day, during the monsoon season, Rakhi Kumari, 18, checks the water levels of the Yamuna river near her house in Delhi. Magnitude of floods On July 10, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that taking into account various predictions by experts, a substantial increase in the water levels of the Yamuna was unlikely. After the 1978 …

Not just Yamuna, backflow from dozens of drains flooded Delhi
1 year, 6 months ago

Not just Yamuna, backflow from dozens of drains flooded Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The road leading to ITO and Rajghat were among new parts of the city to go under waist-deep waters after drains that emptied into the Yamuna began flowing back on Friday, even as the swollen river itself began receding but only by fractions of a metre every hour. A man walks through a flooded alley at a residential colony, after …

Kejriwal's appeal as Yamuna water enters Delhi roads: ‘there will be no time…’
1 year, 6 months ago

Kejriwal's appeal as Yamuna water enters Delhi roads: ‘there will be no time…’

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged people living in low-lying areas near the Yamuna river to immediately evacuate as the water level continued to rise after recording an all-time high. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during the press conference after the emergency meeting on Delhi Rainfall /waterlogged Yamuna Flood situation on Monday, Addressing a press conference, the chief …

Supreme Court stays order naming Delhi Lt Governor as head of Yamuna pollution panel
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court stays order naming Delhi Lt Governor as head of Yamuna pollution panel

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a partial stay on an order passed by the National Green Tribunal, which had appointed Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena as the head of a committee to tackle pollution in the Yamuna river. DELHI GOVT'S STAND The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Delhi has challenged the 9 January order of the NGT, saying that …

Delhi LG sets June 30 deadline for cleaning up Yamuna’s ghats
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi LG sets June 30 deadline for cleaning up Yamuna’s ghats

Hindustan Times  

Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena took a motorboat ride through the 11-km stretch of the Yamuna River on Sunday and inspected the cleaning works at significant points such as Garhi Mandu, ISBT, Loha Pul, and Asita West, which are being carried out under the first phase of the river’s cleaning operation, which is being monitored by a high-level committee formed …

LG reviews Yamuna revival works, sets June 30 deadline for clean floodplain
1 year, 9 months ago

LG reviews Yamuna revival works, sets June 30 deadline for clean floodplain

Hindustan Times  

Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Sunday set June 30 as deadline for cleaning up the 22-km stretch of the Yamuna floodplain between Wazirabad and Okhlaas he inspected the works to clean the supplementary drain at Wazirabad and Sur Ghat at the river. I don’t want to talk politics and everyone should work together to clean Yamuna.” Delhi water minister …

Delhi government prepares 5-point action plan to clean Yamuna by 2025
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi government prepares 5-point action plan to clean Yamuna by 2025

India Today  

The Delhi government has prepared a five-point action plan to clear the main drains of the city and ensure only treated water flows into the Yamuna. According to the plan, in-situ treatment zones will be created at 10 different places in Najafgarh, Supplementary, and Shahdara drains. Delhi’s water minister, Saurabh Bhardwaj, said that last year as a pilot project, weirs …

Arvind Kejriwal govt spent over Rs 6,800 cr to clean Delhi stretch of Yamuna: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Arvind Kejriwal govt spent over Rs 6,800 cr to clean Delhi stretch of Yamuna: Report

Op India  

In a recent reply to a question asked in the Delhi Assembly, the Environment Department of the Delhi Government led by Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party revealed that it has spent around Rs 6,856.91 crores in five years, from 2017 to 2021. Despite over a thousand crores spent on cleaning the river every year, Delhi Pollution Control Committee reports suggest …

Over ₹6,800 crore spent in 5 years on cleaning Yamuna
1 year, 9 months ago

Over ₹6,800 crore spent in 5 years on cleaning Yamuna

The Hindu  

April 03, 2023 02:42 am | Updated 01:29 pm IST - NEW DELHI Nearly ₹6,856.91 crore was spent over five years, from 2017-21, to clean the Delhi stretch of river Yamuna, the Environment Department said in response to a question raised in the Assembly. The DPCC’s February report also stated that faecal coliform found in the river was beyond the …

Delhi Budget: 6-point plan to clean Yamuna amid proposal to expand sewer network
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi Budget: 6-point plan to clean Yamuna amid proposal to expand sewer network

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government has incorporated a “six-point action plan to clean Yamuna” into its comprehensive plan to transform Delhi into a “clean, beautiful and modern city” as part of the Budget proposal for 2023-24, state finance minister Kailash Gahlot said during his address Wednesday. Under the Yamuna cleaning programme, the government also plans to increase the sewer connectivity up to …

Delhi Budget: Infra, Education, Health, Landfills, Pollution, Yamuna in Focus; Here Are 5 Key Takeaways
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi Budget: Infra, Education, Health, Landfills, Pollution, Yamuna in Focus; Here Are 5 Key Takeaways

News 18  

From double-decker flyovers, electrified bus depots and clearing the city’s landfills, Delhi’s new finance minister Kailash Gahlot presented a Rs 78,800-crore budget for 2023-24, titled “Saaf, Sundar aur Adhunik Dilli” on Tuesday, as the day-long impasse with the BJP-ruled Centre ended. Here are the five key takeaways from the 2023-24 Delhi budget: Major push on improving infra, back to basics …

Delhi Budget: Delhi to get three double-decker flyovers to reduce traffic congestion - details
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi Budget: Delhi to get three double-decker flyovers to reduce traffic congestion - details

India TV News  

Delhi Budget 2023: Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, announced the Delhi Budget 2023-2024 on Wednesday with several key developmental projects in the works for the upcoming financial year. The three double-decker flyovers in Delhi are expected to connect several areas in the south and north Delhi and reduce traffic congestion. The three double-decker …

'Neat and clean Delhi': Infra push, removal of landfill garbage to steal focus in budget
1 year, 9 months ago

'Neat and clean Delhi': Infra push, removal of landfill garbage to steal focus in budget

India Today  

The annual budget of the Aam Aadmi Party government led by CM Arvind Kejriwal will focus on the cleaning of the Yamuna River and removing three mountains of garbage from landfill sites in the city. With a focus on rejuvenating the heavily polluted Yamuna, the government will increase the quantity of sewage being treated in Delhi to 890 mgd next …

Yamuna Clean-up, Removal of Landfill Garbage Key Focus of Delhi Budget
1 year, 9 months ago

Yamuna Clean-up, Removal of Landfill Garbage Key Focus of Delhi Budget

News 18  

Themed “neat and clean Delhi”, the annual budget of the Arvind Kejriwal government will focus on cleaning of Yamuna and removing three mountains of garbage from landfill sites in the city, official sources said on Saturday. In the budget 2023-24, to be tabled in the ongoing session of the Assembly, Delhi government will lay out a plan to beautify and …

Our target is to clear all three landfill sites in Delhi by December 2024: CM Kejriwal
1 year, 10 months ago

Our target is to clear all three landfill sites in Delhi by December 2024: CM Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 3 visited the Okhla landfill site and said the target is to clear the city of all three mountains of garbage by December 2024. Asked when will Delhi become free of these landfill sites, he said, "One will be cleared by May, and another one six months later." On the Okhla landfill site, …

Effect of Yamuna cleaning operation will be visible in 6 months: Delhi LG
1 year, 10 months ago

Effect of Yamuna cleaning operation will be visible in 6 months: Delhi LG

Live Mint  

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday said that the effect of the 'Yamuna cleaning campaign' will be clearly visible in the next six months. The effect of the Yamuna cleaning campaign will be clearly visible in the next six months," Delhi LG said while speaking to ANI. Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena on Thursday went near ISBT drain number …

One-fourth of Delhi’s sewage flows untreated into Yamuna: Report
2 years ago

One-fourth of Delhi’s sewage flows untreated into Yamuna: Report

Hindustan Times  

A total of 171 million gallons per day of sewage flowed untreated into the Yamuna within the borders of the national capital in December, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has said in its latest progress report on the clean-up of the river. he report further highlights that 13 out of 18 major drains in Delhi have been tapped so far, …

Sisodia approves projects worth ₹570 cr to clean Yamuna
2 years, 3 months ago

Sisodia approves projects worth ₹570 cr to clean Yamuna

The Hindu  

Delhi Jal Board Chairman Manish Sisodia has given administrative approval to projects worth ₹570 crore to ensure “pollution free Yamuna by 2025”, the Delhi government said on Wednesday. In the Delhi government’s 2022-23 budget, a sum of ₹6,710 crore was allocated for “water supply and sanitation”, which was 104% more than the sum allocated in the previous budget — ₹3,274 …

Govt. announces projects worth ₹1,855 crore to clean Yamuna
2 years, 6 months ago

Govt. announces projects worth ₹1,855 crore to clean Yamuna

The Hindu  

The Delhi government on Friday announced its decision to upgrade six sewage treatment plants in the city and lay sewer lines in four villages, including 39 unauthorised colonies, as part of its measures to reduce pollution in the Yamuna river. The projects worth ₹1,855 crore were approved after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia chaired a meeting of the Delhi Jal …

Possible to clean Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025: Experts
2 years, 8 months ago

Possible to clean Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025: Experts

The Hindu  

Despite the delays and challenges, it is possible to clean the Yamuna in Delhi to bathing standards and achieve water quality to support propagation of aquatic life by 2025, experts have said. While the installation and upgradation of sewage treatment plants, trapping of sewage flowing in the drains and effective septage management will definitely bring improvement in the river water …

Yamuna river to get back its fish by Dec 2023, will be fit for bathing
2 years, 9 months ago

Yamuna river to get back its fish by Dec 2023, will be fit for bathing

India Today  

Delhi Water Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said the Yamuna river in the national capital will be completely cleaned and made fit for bathing and propagation of fish by December 2023. "The Yamuna and all the drains in Delhi will be so clean that you will find fish in the water," Jain added. The three-year pilot project which started in …

Yamuna Will Be Cleaned by December 2023 Not 2025, Says Satyendar Jain
2 years, 9 months ago

Yamuna Will Be Cleaned by December 2023 Not 2025, Says Satyendar Jain

News 18  

Advancing the deadline for the cleaning of the Yamuna in Delhi, Water Minister Satyendar Jain Tuesday said the river will be completely cleaned by December 2023 and not 2025. Jain said considering the increase in drinking water supply, Delhi aims to achieve a sewage treatment capacity of around 1,000 million gallons a day in the near future. According to Delhi …

No Dirty Water Will Flow into Yamuna by December-end, Says National Mission for Clean Ganga Official
2 years, 10 months ago

No Dirty Water Will Flow into Yamuna by December-end, Says National Mission for Clean Ganga Official

News 18  

No dirty water will be flowing into the Yamuna by December-end as all drains carrying sewage into the river will be tapped, a senior official said. National Mission for Clean Ganga Director General G Asok Kumar said there are 18 drains that deliver dirty water into the Yamuna, and plans are afoot to tap these drains and divert the dirty …

No dirty water will flow into Yamuna by December-end: NMCG official
2 years, 10 months ago

No dirty water will flow into Yamuna by December-end: NMCG official

The Hindu  

The over 1,300-km-long Yamuna is among the most polluted rivers in the country and also provides water to more than half of the national capital. No dirty water will be flowing into the Yamuna by December-end as all drains carrying sewage into the river will be tapped, a senior official said. National Mission for Clean Ganga Director General G. Asok …

'Draft Regional Plan 2041' proposes ferry and cargo services on Yamuna river in Delhi by 2025
3 years ago

'Draft Regional Plan 2041' proposes ferry and cargo services on Yamuna river in Delhi by 2025

India Today  

The National Capital Region Planning Board in its 'Draft Regional Plan 2041' has proposed to start ferry and cargo services on the Yamuna river in Delhi by 2025 to promote inland waterways and create an alternate congestion-free transport facility in the city. Possibilities of ferry service on the river Yamuna between Wazirabad and Sonia Vihar may be looked into if …

Delhi Govt. pledges to clean Yamuna by 2025
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi Govt. pledges to clean Yamuna by 2025

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced a six-point action plan to completely clean the Yamuna and said he would himself take a dip in the river before the next Assembly elections, fulfilling a promise made by the Aam Aadmi Party in 2020. The drainage system of JJ clusters, he said, will be connected to the larger sewer network to …

Yamuna Pollution: CM Kejriwal Chalks Out 6-Point Action Plan, Promises To Clean Up River By 2025
3 years, 1 month ago

Yamuna Pollution: CM Kejriwal Chalks Out 6-Point Action Plan, Promises To Clean Up River By 2025

ABP News  

New Delhi: Conceding that the buck stops with him, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that his government will clean the Yamuna river by 2025. Addressing the mediapersons, Kejriwal said that his government has chalked out a six-point action plan to clean the river and the mission will be accomplished by February 2025. Explaining the six-point plan, the …

Kejriwal govt got Rs 2,419 crore for cleaning river: BJP's big charge as politics over toxic Yamuna galore
3 years, 2 months ago

Kejriwal govt got Rs 2,419 crore for cleaning river: BJP's big charge as politics over toxic Yamuna galore

India TV News  

Yamuna toxic foam: Images of Chhath devotees bathing in toxic foam floating in Yamuna river in Delhi has triggered a full-scale war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. The BJP has alleged that the Arvind Kejriwal government has received crores to clean the river, however, the money has apparently been used by the …

Opinion | Why is Yamuna river in Delhi frothing?
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | Why is Yamuna river in Delhi frothing?

India TV News  

Since Diwali, Delhi had been witnessing smog in the morning due to air pollution. On Monday, people across the world watched visuals of the Yamuna river in Delhi covered with froth, and Chhath Puja devotees standing waist-deep in the river. You will be surprised to know, Delhi government has already spent Rs 1,514 crore under Yamuna Action Plan-1 and Yamuna …

World Water Day: Yamuna In Delhi Gets No Fresh Water Except During Monsoon
3 years, 9 months ago

World Water Day: Yamuna In Delhi Gets No Fresh Water Except During Monsoon

News 18  

River Yamuna in Delhi has almost no fresh water downstream of Wazirabad barrage, except for the monsoon season, and about 941 million litre daily of sewage is finding its ways in the river through various drains, data from the Ministry of Jal Shakti says. “Yamuna River has almost no fresh water downstream of Wazirabad barrage in Delhi except monsoon season. …

Delhi govt to reduce Yamuna’s pollution by 90% by March 2023
4 years, 1 month ago

Delhi govt to reduce Yamuna’s pollution by 90% by March 2023

Live Mint  

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Delhi Jal Board will reduce the pollution load in the Yamuna by 90% by March 2023. Major interventions include treatment of around 150 MGD polluted water coming from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh using natural wetlands and the aeration method. The national capital generates around 720 million gallons of wastewater per day, of …

Delhi Assembly polls: Top 3 issues that may find place in BJP manifesto to be released on Friday
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Assembly polls: Top 3 issues that may find place in BJP manifesto to be released on Friday

India TV News  

The Delhi BJP manifesto due to be released on Friday is likely to focus on three issues: residence for jhuggis, Yamuna riverfront and a pollution-free Delhi. Slum free Delhi 'Jahan jhuggi, wahan makaan' is one of BJP's key poll promises that is likely to find place on its manifesto on Friday. Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who has been closely …

With no cleaning work, river Yamuna continues to remain dry even after monsoon rains
5 years, 5 months ago

With no cleaning work, river Yamuna continues to remain dry even after monsoon rains

India TV News  

Even after a fortnight of monsoon rains, river Yamuna in Agra continues to remain dry, with heaps of polluted garbage providing breeding grounds for mosquitoes and bacteria. Just before the April 18 polling in Agra, Bhartiya Janata Party President Amit Shah had categorically assured that the first task of the elected government would be cleaning of the Yamuna and a …

Delhi newspaper hawkers take charge of cleaning Yamuna river banks
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi newspaper hawkers take charge of cleaning Yamuna river banks

India Today  

The black waters of the Yamuna river on its Delhi stretch have been declared unfit for drinking and bathing purposes, but that did not deter 65-year-old newspaper hawker Ashok Upadhyay to do his bit in protecting the river from further pollution. One day I realised that Yamuna Ji is also our Goddess and I must take care of it and …

Will recharging Yamuna floodplains end Delhi's water woes?
5 years, 6 months ago

Will recharging Yamuna floodplains end Delhi's water woes?

India Today  

Delhi government's ambitious project to recharge Yamuna floodplain gets cabinet nod. A man paddles his handmade boat across the river Yamuna | Photo from REUTERS Arvind Kejriwal also mentioned that the Delhi government will require the concurrence of some central government agencies, about which the Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was informed in the recent meeting with him. …

Unhappy with Yamuna cleaning, NGT asks Delhi, UP and Haryana govts to deposit Rs 10 crore each
5 years, 11 months ago

Unhappy with Yamuna cleaning, NGT asks Delhi, UP and Haryana govts to deposit Rs 10 crore each

Firstpost  

The National Green Tribunal Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the cleaning of river Yamuna and directed Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments to submit a performance guarantee of Rs 10 crore each within a month New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the cleaning of river Yamuna and directed Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments to submit a …

For Delhi’s survival, let Yamuna be a river again
6 years, 5 months ago

For Delhi’s survival, let Yamuna be a river again

Hindustan Times  

Ten-year-old Aryaman Bharadwaj was taken aback when he saw water swirling under the Nizamuddin Bridge last week. As he wondered whatever happened to the stinky drain he had always seen there, his father couldn’t help but compliment the river by tweeting: “Delhi’s swollen #Yamuna looks like a calm #Brahmaputra.” People swim across the swollen Yamuna river, in New Delhi on …

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