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Sewage Treatment Plants Not Functioning Well, Releasing Raw Sewage In Yamuna: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently observed its prima facie view that the Sewage Treatment Plants in the national capital are not functioning as per required norms and are releasing raw sewage in Yamuna river. “The endeavour of the Court while passing the said order was to ensure readiness of the sewers and storm water drains to carry the rain …

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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 …

A more scenic Taj Mahal and cleaner Yamuna soon, using treated Delhi water

Expected to be fully operational by May, the upcoming sewage treatment plant in south-east Delhi’s Okhla could improve the quality and quantity of the Yamuna waters flowing into Mathura, Vrindavan, and Agra — including the stretch behind the Taj Mahal. According to official data, the Yamuna water leaving Delhi at present is highly polluted, with the level of fecal coliform …

Untreated wastewater raises stink in Yamuna, Ghaggar rivers

: Tapping millions of litres of untreated effluent being discharged into Yamuna and Ghaggar rivers in Haryana is still a long way to go for the authorities as over half of sewage treatment plants situated in the catchment areas of these water bodies fail to comply with the prescribed standards, besides the tardy pace of diverting sewage from unauthorised colonies …

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

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 …

Delhi Govt. pledges to clean Yamuna by 2025

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 …

‘Begin demarcation of Yamuna floodplains’

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Development Authority to undertake the process of demarcation of the Yamuna floodplains within three months and subsequently start work on the biodiversity parks. While hearing a plea on the rejuvenation of river Yamuna, a Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said, “The DDA may undertake physical demarcation of the …