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Yamuna’s pollution worsens, bacteria levels 4,000 times the safe limit: Report
July 19, 2025 1:42 am
The river, which flows about 22 km through Delhi, enters the Capital at Palla
Delhi, Haryana & UP should work together to clean Yamuna: Amit Shah
July 12, 2025 2:44 am
Shah laid special emphasis on cleaning the Yamuna and increasing the capacity of STPs to 1,500 MGD by 2028
Residents of Delhi's Bawana are against new waste-to-energy plant -- it's now got a green nod
July 08, 2025 11:19 am
While pitched as a key step in addressing the city’s waste crisis, the Rs 660-crore project (capital cost) has been met with continued protests
5 years and counting: NGT raps DDA, other agencies for failure to clear Yamuna floodplains of encroachments
February 11, 2025 7:38 am
In the 22-km stretch between Wazirabad and Okhla in Delhi where Yamuna flows, the Delhi Development Authority and other agencies were directed to remove encroachments in the floodplains in a 2019 order passed by the National Green Tribunal and an April order last year by the Delhi High Court.
Diljit concert: Delhi pollution body finds JLN stadium clean month after NGT order
January 02, 2025 4:14 pm
The pollution body said it inspected all areas inside the stadium premises and observed "cleanliness throughout" with "no garbage or waste" dumped on the ground, spectators' seats, near gates or roads.
Delhi’s Winter Action Plan for pollution appears unconvincing
September 28, 2024 12:01 am
The city’s past experiences have shown that authorities and policymakers need to course-correct midway through the pollution season. This year, the least they can do is discard the inflexible ways of the past
Over 350 centres issuing PUC certificates in Delhi to stay shut after rate hike talks fail
July 16, 2024 11:05 am
The new rates for PUC certificates for petrol, CNG or LPG (including bio-fuel) two- and three-wheelers are fixed at Rs 80. For petrol, CNG, or LPG (including bio-fuel) four-wheelers and above, it is Rs 110.
Little improvement at 3 landfill sites in Delhi, MCD continues to stare at mountains of garbage
December 18, 2023 7:31 am
While Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said in March this year that the landfill at Okhla — the city’s smallest — could be cleared by December, 36.62 lakh tonnes of waste remain at the site, going by figures with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
To reduce pollution at 13 hotspots, MCD's plan is to stop open burning
October 06, 2023 9:07 am
Last year during winter, the hotspots located in North and East Delhi were the most polluted in the city; Jahangirpuri was the most polluted neighbourhood followed by Anand Vihar.
Mobile towers in public parks: NGT seeks response of MCD, Delhi Pollution Control Committee
May 19, 2023 2:11 pm
The Vasant Vihar Association had filed an application before the Principal Bench of the NGT asking the court to issue directions for the removal of mobile towers set up in public parks in the Vasant Vihar colony.
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