Articles about Yamuna River

Delhi is in the throes of a water crisis in the midst of a heatwave.

The water level in the Yamuna in Delhi on Thursday rose to 203.37 meters, close to the warning mark of 204.50 meters after heavy rains in the upper catchment areas of the river, officials said.

The water supply in parts of Delhi is expected to be hit from Sunday due to the accumulation of algae in three water treatment plants and the high levels of ammonia in the Yamuna river.

The water quality of the Yamuna in Delhi improved during the lockdown due to the stoppage of industrial effluent discharge, availability of more water for dilution, and absence of polluting human activities, the government told Lok Sabha on Thursday.

The Delhi Government has prepared a nine-point action plan to prevent frothing in the Yamuna due to the discharge of untreated sewage in the river.

A flood alert was issued for low-lying areas along the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi today, as the river neared its danger mark.

Heavy rains and floods hit several parts of North and South India on Sunday.

Kumbh Mela, one of the biggest gatherings in the world, sees pilgrims from across the world come and cleanse all their sins in UP's Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad).

Agra citizens, including young boys and girls, Sunday launched a massive cleanliness drive to rid the Yamuna river of garbage dumped in it.

In a tragic incident, at least 12 people were killed and 13 injured when a bus fell into a 150-meter gorge in the district of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand.

The National Green Tribunal yesterday fined Delhi government Rs. 50cr for not taking action against steel pickling units in residential areas as they fall under the prohibited list of industrial activity.

As water level in Yamuna touched 205.72m crossing the 'danger mark' at 204.83m, Delhi government had to start evacuating people again on Wednesday.

Air pollution is no longer Delhi's domain.

Torrential rains continued to batter parts of north India today, with worst-hit Uttar Pradesh recording 12 rain-related deaths and waters of the Yamuna flowing above the danger mark in the national capital.

The Yamuna has swollen after days of heavy rains resulting in steep rise of water-level at Haryana's Hathnikund barrage, which crossed 1.36L cusecs yesterday morning.

A Ghaziabad-duo was caught red-handed as they were about to dump a suitcase, which had a sliced-up human body stuffed inside, in the Yamuna River Sunday.

A taxi driver has been sentenced to death and three co-accused to life imprisonment by a Dehradun court for killing a tourist couple from Delhi in 2014.

Residents of different parts of Delhi have been facing water shortage problems for the past nine days.

Following the murder of Patiala's Rajinder Singh on 30 December, police arrested a Ludhiana-based 47-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, Jagroop Singh in connection with the killing.

Contrary to an experts' report, a DDA panel has found there was no soil compaction or wetlands near the Yamuna riverbed before or after the Art of Living's World Culture Festival.

While escaping the mob armed with rods at Jhuljhuli village, a BSES engineer was killed and his four colleagues were injured as their car crashed into a tree near Najafgarh.

Delhi's water crisis continued as Haryana refused to release the promised 200 cusecs of water in the Yamuna; instead, it released only 125 cusecs.

The NGT slammed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and his Art of Living for accusing them of bias over their report of damage to the Yamuna riverbed, calling their statements 'shocking'.

In its report to the National Green Tribunal, a team of experts said that the damage done to the River Yamuna banks by Art of Living's cultural festival will take 10 years to be undone.