Doomed! Carry on flushing

two years ago the Supreme Court fixed 31 March 2003 as the deadline for cleaning the Yamuna. It's April 2003 now and unbelievably, the river that …

PUBLIC OUTCRY

For the past several months, Delhi has been witness to a half-hearted government being prodded by a determined Supreme Court to clean the Yamuna. …

Pollution of Hinduisim

Simply put it is an amazing gap between theory and practice. Yet it is one of the main reasons why India's environment is as degraded as it is …

The political economy of defecation

This is a story about Delhi and the Yamuna, about the relationship between one of India's richest cities and one of her most revered rivers. The …

The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …

Road to disaster

Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …

Three rivers are now legally people – but that's just the start of looking after them

Giving legal rights to non-human entities doesn’t mean much if they can’t be enforced

Obituary: Manoj Misra will always be remembered for his work on the Yamuna

Manoj Misra, convenor of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, who was suffering from COVID-19, died on June 4, 2023, after a prolonged illness

NGT panel claims 2016 event ruined Yamuna floodplains; Art of Living calls it flawed

The committee has submitted a time-bound action plan for physical and biological rehabilitation of the affected floodplain

SC stays Uttarakhand HC order declaring Ganga, Yamuna living entities

The Uttarakhand government had challenged the order on the ground that the victims of floods in the Ganga and Yamuna could sue the guardians of …

Open defecation, waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains will invite penalty of Rs 5,000: NGT

It directed Delhi government to take immediate action against industries that are a major source of pollution to the river  

Sadhus and farmers march to Delhi to liberate Yamuna from pollution

Yamuna Muktikaran Padayatra protests waste water discharge into the river from Delhi; police prevent them from proceeding to Jantar Mantar 

Trump's visit got the Yamuna a makeover: How far will it go?

Over 500 cusecs of water released by Uttar Pradesh's irrigation department in River Yamuna

North India Deluge 2023: In haphazard urbanisation lies Delhi’s perennial flooding conundrum

Development imperatives of Delhi dealt with the construction of buildings & other infrastructures; protection of stormwater drains in their …

Delhi, Haryana need not spar over Yamuna waters

Though solutions involve engineering challenges, they can certainly lead to a win-win situation for both the parties

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 20, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Religious group joins protest against pollution of Yamuna

Protest march from Vrindavan near Mathura culminates in Delhi on the occasion of World Water Day

Urban agriculture: Towards an inclusive approach to make Delhi an ‘edible city’

Much of urban farming in Delhi either a livelihood strategy or means of self-supply of organic vegetables 

Annual ritual: Haryana makes Yamuna brim in Delhi again

The river is brimming due to water released by Harayana from the Hathnikund barrage a few days ago

Sahibi Nadi: How a river was killed

While the death of the Sahibi illustrates the general apathy towards rivers, the same is applicable to every river in India flowing in urban …

Dirty RIVER blues

Children of Delhi rediscover Yamuna. And see how everything is being done to reduce it to a drain

NGT orders strict action against Delhi’s Yamuna-polluting industries

Despite several court orders and crores of rupees spent on cleaning the river, the Delhi stretch continues to be the most polluted

PMO issues directives to reduce pollution load on Yamuna

Delhi government asked to ensure sewage and effluent treatment plants meet effluent quality norms

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 12, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

March to Delhi to save Yamuna called off

Centre to release additional water into river; to construct canals for sewage in two years