New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) With the larger objective of rejuvenation of the Yamuna, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta approved a series of ambitious projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore to strengthen the city’s water management, sewage treatment and water supply systems. She said the Delhi Government is working in mission mode for the rejuvenation of the Yamuna River and the cleaning of the Najafgarh Drain.The Chief Minister said that the government’s priority is to provide better facilities to e…
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Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) In a major step towards rejuvenating the Yamuna river and reducing pollution entering Delhi through inter-state drains, the Haryana government has launched an extensive action plan focusing on sewage treatment, industrial waste management, and real-time monitoring of drain pollution. Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Tuesday reviewed the progress of the state’s comprehensive pollution control strategy aimed at preventing contaminated water from state drains from en…
Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 17 (IANS) Four youths drowned in the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district on Sunday, while two others were rescued in critical condition, police said.The tragic incident took place in Kunuwa Ka Dera village under the Lalauli police station area when six youths entered the river for bathing and were swept away into deep water.According to police officials, information about the drowning incident was received through UP 112 around 1:30 p.m., following w…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Describing Yamuna’s restoration as a “civilisational priority”, Delhi Lieutenant Governor T.S. Sandhu said on Monday that the integration of technology, sustainability, and self-reliance will define the future of India’s urban landscape. Speaking at the National Technology Day event organised by Indraprastha Vigyan Bharati at the Vice Regal Lodge, University of Delhi, the Lieutenant Governor identified scientific research and intellectual confidence as the pri…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Vowing to clean the Yamuna River, Lieutenant Governor T.S. Sandhu on Friday identified sustainability, inclusion, culture, innovation, economic growth and compassion as the five essential pillars of Delhi’s future development. Speaking at a felicitation programme organised at JNU’s School of International Studies (SIS), of which he is an alumnus, the Lieutenant Governor underlined that governance should be responsive, accessible and humane.Sandhu identified air pollut…
Hamirpur, May 7 (IANS) In a tragic incident, two people were killed and six others went missing after a boat carrying nine passengers from Ghatampur submerged in the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district. One was rescued safely, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place at Kutupur Patia under the jurisdiction of Kurara police station, where the boat carrying nine people across the river submerged on Wednesday.Following the recovery of the body of Brajrani (a woman), the b…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to authorities on a plea alleging non-compliance with its earlier directions to curb the discharge of untreated sewage into the Yamuna River from Vrindavan and Kosi towns in Uttar Pradesh. A Bench of Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, and comprising Expert Members Dr. A. Senthil Vel and Dr. Afroz Ahmad, was hearing an execution application filed by Vijay Kishor Goswami, through advocate Akash Vashishtha, s…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Char Dham Yatra, one of Hinduism’s most revered pilgrimages, continues to draw thousands of devotees each year to the Himalayan shrines of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. A distinctive aspect of this spiritual journey is that it always begins from Yamunotri, a sequence rooted in both religious tradition and geographical logic. The order of the yatra is not arbitrary but follows a clockwise direction, known in Hindu customs as Parikrama. This direct…
Mathura, April 13 (IANS) The death toll in the Mathura boat accident has risen to 15 after rescue teams recovered two more bodies of missing persons from the Yamuna River, officials said on Monday. One of the deceased has been identified as Yash Bhalla, also known as Yuvraj, a resident of Punjab. The other victim has been identified as Monica.Yash Bhalla’s body was located along the banks near Devraha Baba Ghat, close to Keshi Ghat, officials confirmed. The remains were reported to be in a mutil…
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday shared the grief with families, who have lost their family members in the tragic boat capsizing incident near Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura. Saddened over the loss of lives, the Chief Minister met the next of kin of the deceased victims in Jagraon town in Ludhiana district.The victims were on a pilgrimage to Vrindavan when the boat sunk in the Yamuna river, with 11 bodies recovered so far and a search operation is ongoing for …