The Yamuna Raksha Dal has claimed that the government has agreed to one of its main demands. The activists say that the government is ready to construct a 20-km long canal near the Yamuna in Delhi. After the government agreed to their demand for a canal, the activists decided to postpone their protest at Jantar Mantar and are awaiting the final decision on their other demands ...
04:59 PM, Mar 12, 2013
housands of people are marching from Vrindavan to Delhi demanding a cleaner Yamuna. The purpose of the 10-day long march to Delhi Yamuna Rakshak Dal is to demand release of more water from Hathini Kund barrage and to keep the Yamuna clean and not to discharge pollutants into it. ...
12:04 PM, Mar 05, 2013
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna has been rising steadily due to the incessant rains in the capital for the past five days. The government, however, says there is no need to panic as yet. No evacuations have been ordered so far. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to set up a committee to solve the problem of waterlogging. The Committee will have a representative...
02:46 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The ramshackle neighbourhoods of northeast Delhi are home to 2.2 million people packed along narrow alleys. Buildings are made from a single layer of brick. Extra floors are added to dilapidated buildings not meant to handle their weight. Tangles of electrical cables hang precariously everywhere. If a major earthquake were to strike India's seismically vulnerable capital, these neighbourhoods - India's most crowded - would collapse into an apocalyptic...
11:48 AM, Feb 15, 2012
Heavy rainfall has also caused water levels in the Yamuna river to rise near the danger mark. ...
11:51 AM, Sep 09, 2011
Nafisa Ali turns citizen journalist to expose how storm water drain has become a sewage. ...
08:46 PM, Jul 09, 2011
Chandigarh: It is the great Indian scam again. This time the victims could be the people of Haryana yet again. Last year the river Yamuna flooded causing massive damage, especially at the Hathnikund Barrage. The state government has spent Rs 68 crores on repairs but an inspection team has found the new embankment is mostly sand, and very little cement. Villager Aslam says, Some have stones, some have sand, there...
07:04 AM, Jul 03, 2011
The Delhi government has said it is fully prepared to tackle any situation. ...
10:38 AM, Sep 13, 2009
Yamuna on Saturday rose threateningly close to the danger level. ...
10:20 PM, Sep 12, 2009
All civic agencies have been warned to take precautionary measures. ...
12:04 PM, Sep 12, 2009
CJ Kapil is fighting to save Yamuna, by taking on the authorities. ...
09:55 AM, Aug 22, 2008
Delhi faced an acute water shortage after ammonia content touched dangerous levels. ...
03:20 AM, Nov 16, 2007
In spite of experts' warnings, construction on Yamuna riverbed is on in full swing. ...
10:29 AM, Oct 18, 2007
CNN-IBN had reported that Global Village may have permanently damaged the floodplains of Yamuna. ...
05:12 PM, Apr 11, 2007
Global Village being built on the banks of River Yamuna may have permanently damaged the floodplains of the river. ...
08:15 AM, Apr 01, 2007
