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Chhath Puja 2022: No offerings allowed to be immersed in Yamuna as per NGT

On the third day of Chhath Puja 2022, the Delhi administration officials have decorated the ITO Ghat near the Yamuna river for devotes to offer prayers on Arghya to the setting sun and on Usha Arghya to the rising sun. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Yamuna continues to flow above danger mark in Delhi

With the regular increase in the water level, the Yamuna on Wednesday continued to flow above the danger mark in the national capital. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Evacuation begins in Delhi areas abutting Yamuna as river flows high above danger mark

The evacuation alert was issued Tuesday morning after the water level of the Yamuna crossed the 206-metre mark

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Yamuna water level breaches warning mark in Delhi, likely to rise further

The Delhi flood control room said the water level crossed the warning mark at 1 a.m. on September 26 and rose to 204.7 metres by 8 a.m.

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UP: Water levels of Yamuna, Betwa rivers increase in Hamirpur, create flood-like situation

Water levels of Yamuna and Betwa rivers in the Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh have risen, causing a flood-like situation in the area. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Delhi: Yamuna water level recedes; slightly above the warning mark

A forecast from the Central Water Commission said the water level is likely to drop to 204.5 metres by 5 pm. Further details on Dynamite News:

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Yamuna water level in Delhi recedes below danger mark

Downward trend likely to continue in Yamuna water level

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Yamuna swells further in Delhi; evacuation efforts being intensified

Delhi flood control room said the water level breached the danger mark and reached 205.99 metres on August 13 morning

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‘A huge case of mismanagement’: How drinking water is a luxury in parts of Delhi

On May 23, the New Delhi Municipal Council released a report which stated that water shortage in the national capital had hit areas under the council. Several localities such as Lutyens received only 50-60 percent of normal potable water supply in the last 10 days.

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Possible to clean Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025: Experts

“Delhi does not have enough water downstream the Wazirabad Barrage to maintain environmental flow in the river.”

The Hindu

No dirty water will flow into Yamuna by December-end: NMCG official

No dirty water will be flowing into the Yamuna by December-end as all drains carrying sewage into the river will be tapped, a senior official said.

The Hindu

Capital life in times of floods

As heavy rains ravage many states in North India, a flood alert was issued earlier this week in parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. The Delhi government issued an advisory stating, “People in low-lying areas to vacate their place as the water level neared warning level in the Yamuna river.”

Newslaundry

Monster city

“There once was a fair city, among cities of the world, the first in fame, it hath been ruined and laid desolate, to that city I belong, Delhi is its name.” So, said the renowned poet Mir Taqi Mir, over 200 years ago. If Mir were alive today, he would…

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Delhi’s Yamuna: A huge septic tank

Delhi has found new ways of contaminating the Yamuna river: electronic waste. As also the subsoil and ground water: A United Nations-backed study pointed out that India generated nearly 5 per cent of electronic waste produced globally in 2016.

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Sri Sri versus NGT: And the Yamuna loses

On April 20, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shared pictures of a project launched to clean seven Maharashtrian rivers on Twitter. Irony died a thousand deaths 30 minutes later as Shankar went on a rampage on the micro-blogging site against the National Green Tribunal (NGT). He was possibly less-than-pleased by the…

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Passing The Buck: AoL’s affidavit to the NGT has more holes than the flood plain

Ironically, the man to whom these profound words of wisdom are attributed heads an organisation that appears to have blatantly lied to the court. Newslaundry has evidence that “educational and humanitarian movement” of Art of Living (AoL), which makes more than Rs 80 crore in revenue and is headed by…

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AoL vs NGT: The Art of Living and Gassing

Most of us know how messy a house gets after a party, or a banquet hall after hosting a wedding. Now imagine the same for a river floodplain, which – unlike a banquet hall – isn’t meant to host grand parties, let alone a World Cultural Festival (WCF) with a…

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The art of killing a river: The courtroom drama that led to the NGT verdict against Art of Living

Seventy four species of macrophytes, 90 species of phytoplankton, 62 species of zooplankton, 55 species of benthos, 36 fish species and 131 bird. A natural thermostat for the city. One ancient river.

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