10 hours ago · Where we are boating is not Yamuna but Delhi sewage." Commenting on the quality of water in Delhi, Kumar said, “In December 2024, in Delhi, 17 drains of Delhi had water flow. The water quality criteria of Delhi nallas (drains) should be BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) – 30 MG per litre or less. The government claimed they had trapped all ...

16 hours ago · On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and her Punjab counterpart, Bhagwant Mann, met Election Commission (EC) officials and alleged that the Haryana government was deliberately releasing alarming levels of ammonia into …

Nov 9, 2023 · A thick layer of toxic foam has coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital battles an acrid and noxious smog that has settled across the city.

Apr 7, 2023 · The Delhi government has prepared a five-point action plan to clear the main drains of the city and ensure only treated water flows into the Yamuna. According to the plan, in-situ treatment zones will be created at 10 different places in …

Dec 11, 2024 · Delhi's Yamuna River faced severe pollution in November. Fecal pollution hit a four-year high. Untreated sewage is a major source. The river's biochemical oxygen demand worsened. Dissolved oxygen levels plummeted at certain points. Experts stress the urgent need for complete sewage treatment.

2 days ago · * In November 2021, the Yamuna issue yet again came to the forefront after then DJB vice-chairman and current AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha claimed that states neighbouring Delhi like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana were polluting the Yamuna by releasing untreated wastewater into it, thus depriving the Capital of drinking water. * …

Jul 16, 2023 · The Yamuna in Delhi, which is for the most part of the year no more than a ribbon of polluted water, rose to 208.66 metres on Thursday evening, causing Delhi’s worst flooding on record. The river touched 207.49 m in 1978, the year in which records started to be maintained.

Apr 27, 2024 · Nine months after Delhi witnessed its biggest ever floods – which forced over 25,000 people living on the banks of the Yamuna into relief camps and wrecked damage worth crores of rupees – nothing...

2 days ago · The ammonia levels in the Yamuna have risen to 7 ppm (parts per million), which exceeds the filtration capacity of Delhi's water treatment plants, says Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Published ...

Jul 17, 2023 · Yamuna (the twin sister of Yama, the god of death), a principal tributary of the sacred Ganga and one of the holy rivers in India, is crying for help.