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Water Resources

Census of water bodies

As much as 2.5 per cent of India’s urban waterbodies are encroached upon, compared to 2.5 per cent of rural ones, Bishweswar Tudu, Union minister of state for Jal Shakti told the Lok Sabha.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2023
Lok Sabha
Tags:
India, Water Resources, Urban Encroachments, Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment of Yamuna floodplain, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 16/02/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Behari Lal Chaturvedi Vs Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others dated 16/02/2023.

Grievance in the application is against encroachment of Yamuna floodplain by Yamuna Mission, Mathura. It was stated that "though ostensibly it is acting to preserve and clean river Yamuna and also undertaking plantation drive, in the garb of such activities, Yamuna floodplain is being encroached".

Judgement Date: 
16/02/2023
Tags:
Yamuna, Mathura (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, Groundwater Pollution
Water Pollution

Joint inspection report on the encroachment of Yamuna flood plain by Yamuna Mission, Mathura, 14/02/2022

Joint inspection report in OA No. 326 of 2021 (Behari Lal Chaturvedi Vs Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others).

The matter related to alleged encroachment of Yamuna flood plain by Yamuna Mission, Mathura. It is alleged that in the garb of preserving and cleaning the river Yamuna and undertaking plantation drive, the Yamuna flood plain is being encroached.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2022
Tags:
Yamuna, Land Encroachments, River Pollution, Religious Places, Mathura (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Afforestation, Hydrology
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment of Yamuna floodplain, 10/12/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Behari Lal Chaturvedi Vs Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others dated 10/12/2021.

Grievance in the application is against alleged encroachment of Yamuna floodplain by Yamuna Mission, Mathura. It is stated that though ostensibly acting to preserve and clean river Yamuna and undertaking plantation drive, in the garb of such activities, Yamuna floodplain is being encroached. The applicant has filed photographs showing construction on the ghats and copies of complaints made to the authorities.

Judgement Date: 
10/12/2021
Tags:
Yamuna, Rivers, Mathura (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), River Pollution, Land Encroachments