Delhi Yamuna

A Delhi court awarded Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the mother of a 15-year-old boy who was electrocuted more than 12 years ago, saying there was negligence on part of BSES Yamuna Power Ltd in maintaining electric wires.

The Delhi Assembly on Thursday approved the supplementary grant of Rs 1,028 crore for the project of cleaning the river Yamuna and Delhi Jal Board in the national capital.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today constituted a High-Level Committee (HLC) of concerned authorities in Delhi where pollution of Yamuna is higher (about 75 per cent), compared to other river basins States.

A late night visit to shelter homes shocked Delhi LG VK Saxena when he found that lack of toilets and space there was forcing many to defecate along Yamuna and sleep on the pavements.

A man was arrested for allegedly killing his friend and dumping the body into the Yamuna river in the national capital, Delhi Police said on Thursday.

In a bid to woo Purvanchali voters, the Congress' Delhi unit has promised to restore Chhat ghats on the banks of the Yamuna and provide other facilities for them to hold their festival without hurdles.

As the Delhi government has promised to clean the Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025, the pollution load in the river has increased substantially over the last five years, according to a report by the environment department.

The post-mortem on the young woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the Yamuna Expressway here revealed two shots were fired at her, police said today.

The body of a young woman found inside a suitcase near the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura last week has been identified to be of a 22-year-old from Delhi, the police said.

The Delhi Jal Board official was targeted by BJP MP Parvesh Verma for spraying "harmful" defoamer in Yamuna river on Saturday. He took a bath in the river's water to prove that the chemicals used were "non-toxic"

According to complaint, BJP MP Parvesh Verma "spreading false propaganda that officers of the DJB are poisoning the water of Yamuna river"

The AAP on Friday slammed the BJP leaders for their conduct with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials, who in a video were seen being rebuked by them for using some chemical to defoam Yamuna.

Delhi LG VK Saxena using his special powers has declared 'dry day' on the occasion of Chhath and has also written a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking him to deal with the issue of toxic froth in Yamuna before the festival on Sunday.

Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday took a swipe at the BJP government over its allegations into Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) Yamuna cleaning exercise and said that the BJP leaders should learn something about "science and technology"

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Thursday accused the Delhi government of spraying poisonous chemical to remove froth from the Yamuna ahead of Chhath Puja during which devotees take a holy dip in the river.

A Delhi court awarded Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the mother of a 15-year-old boy who was electrocuted more than 12 years ago, saying there was negligence on part of BSES Yamuna Power Ltd in maintaining electric wires.

The Delhi Assembly on Thursday approved the supplementary grant of Rs 1,028 crore for the project of cleaning the river Yamuna and Delhi Jal Board in the national capital.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today constituted a High-Level Committee (HLC) of concerned authorities in Delhi where pollution of Yamuna is higher (about 75 per cent), compared to other river basins States.

A late night visit to shelter homes shocked Delhi LG VK Saxena when he found that lack of toilets and space there was forcing many to defecate along Yamuna and sleep on the pavements.

A man was arrested for allegedly killing his friend and dumping the body into the Yamuna river in the national capital, Delhi Police said on Thursday.

In a bid to woo Purvanchali voters, the Congress' Delhi unit has promised to restore Chhat ghats on the banks of the Yamuna and provide other facilities for them to hold their festival without hurdles.

As the Delhi government has promised to clean the Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025, the pollution load in the river has increased substantially over the last five years, according to a report by the environment department.

The post-mortem on the young woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the Yamuna Expressway here revealed two shots were fired at her, police said today.

The body of a young woman found inside a suitcase near the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura last week has been identified to be of a 22-year-old from Delhi, the police said.

The Delhi Jal Board official was targeted by BJP MP Parvesh Verma for spraying "harmful" defoamer in Yamuna river on Saturday. He took a bath in the river's water to prove that the chemicals used were "non-toxic"

According to complaint, BJP MP Parvesh Verma "spreading false propaganda that officers of the DJB are poisoning the water of Yamuna river"

The AAP on Friday slammed the BJP leaders for their conduct with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials, who in a video were seen being rebuked by them for using some chemical to defoam Yamuna.

Delhi LG VK Saxena using his special powers has declared 'dry day' on the occasion of Chhath and has also written a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking him to deal with the issue of toxic froth in Yamuna before the festival on Sunday.

Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday took a swipe at the BJP government over its allegations into Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) Yamuna cleaning exercise and said that the BJP leaders should learn something about "science and technology"

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Thursday accused the Delhi government of spraying poisonous chemical to remove froth from the Yamuna ahead of Chhath Puja during which devotees take a holy dip in the river.