2 days ago · Every time Delhi goes through the throes of an election, a large number of issues of great import are suddenly remembered by all the contenders to the throne of the powerless Delhi Assembly. The issue of Yamuna’s pollution and the slow death of …

The Yamuna defines the state borders between Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and between Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. When the Yamuna reaches the Indo-Gangetic plain, it runs almost parallel to the Ganges, the two rivers creating the Ganges-Yamuna Doab region.

Jan 31, 2025 · In fact, Delhi has contributed significantly to the pollution, even though the Yamuna flows through only 22 kilometers of the city, less than 2 percent of its total length. Show Full Article One major source of pollution is the Najafgarh drain, which carries industrial waste, sewage, and other pollutants into the river.

2 days ago · For many residents, a polluted Yamuna is just an eyesore on their daily commute. But for Delhi’s fisherfolk, the dying river is an existential crisis that threatens their survival.

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...

Jun 29, 2023 · With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government promising to enforce a six-point action plan to clean Yamuna to transform Delhi into a “clean, beautiful and modern city” by 2025, and several initiatives being taken to attempt the same, we take a look at the relationship the city shares with the river.

LG Chairs fourth HLC Meeting for rejuvenation of Yamuna; reviews progress of works so far.

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.

Table 7 Waste Water Characteristics of the Drains before their Out Fall into river Yamuna at Various Locations in Delhi ( for the Month of January 2020) 22 Table 8 Water Consumption and Sewage Generation in Delhi 24 Table 9 Main Sources of Water Pollution, Location, Nature and Extent of Pollution 25 Table 10 List of Functioning STPs in Delhi as on 30.11.2019