River Yamuna

Chhath Puja: The Yamuna can be cleaned — but only if we abandon shortcuts

October 27, 2025 2:55 pm

We have been asking the wrong question. Instead of asking if rivers can be cleaned, we must ask how we can stop polluting them

BJP says Yamuna clean enough for ritual sipping, AAP says leaders trying to fool public

October 24, 2025 3:15 am

Referring to his hospitalisation last year, Sachdeva said, “The world witnessed that the Yamuna had become like a filthy drain.” He blamed the previous AAP government for carrying out “loot in the name of cleaning the Yamuna”.

In a first, Haryana releases more water to clean Yamuna in Delhi for Chhath Puja

October 23, 2025 9:52 am

It has also sharply reduced the water flow into Western and Eastern Yamuna Canals

Delhi News Highlights: Yamuna level surpasses 207 metres, IMD issues yellow and orange alert

September 05, 2025 10:21 am

Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Minister Parvesh Verma assured people that there was nothing to worry about and that the situation was under control.

Yamuna likely to touch danger mark today

August 17, 2025 4:24 am

According to senior officials, civic agencies, the Delhi Jal Board and the Irrigation and Flood Control (I & FC)  department have been asked to take precautionary measures.

10 industrial units penalised for violating pollution norms, one discharged carcinogenic waste into Yamuna, NGT told

July 17, 2025 4:57 am

A joint committee comprising officials from the DPCC, Revenue department, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Delhi Police, and BSES conducted surprise inspections in April last year.

PM Modi chairs high-level meeting on Yamuna and Delhi’s drinking water supply

April 17, 2025 6:23 pm

During the meeting chaired by PM Modi, a presentation on cleaning and rejuvenation of the Yamuna River and Delhi’s drinking water issues was made.

Strawberry farms, sailing clubs and cricket grounds: A journey along the Yamuna in Delhi

March 31, 2025 12:53 pm

For farmers, boatmen and several others who live along the Yamuna, the river, despite being highly polluted, remains their lifeline. With the river being front and centre in the recent Delhi polls, and promises being made to clean it up, The Indian Express speaks to the inhabitants of the river banks on what it means to them

Polluted water flows into river Yamuna from UP, Delhi and Haryana: Haryana environment minister

March 28, 2025 3:51 pm

Haryana Environment Minister Rao Narbir Singh said the issue of pollution in the Yamuna is likely to be addressed by December 2027.

For the Yamuna to flow — consensus is needed, not political slugfests

January 31, 2025 8:07 pm

Given the size and complexity of the issues plaguing the Yamuna, it is time that people at the helm of affairs — politicians, bureaucrats or engineers — address major problems

A look at the best photos of the day

August 17, 2022 10:36 pm