Braving the heat, over 7,000 people today marched to Harmu river, vowing to bring it back to life from deathbed.

Choosing the occasion of rath yatra to retrieve and de-pollute the river that runs through the state capital, they termed degradation of Harmu river as an attack on existence of nature and held selfish people responsible for it.

The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday directed Sesa Goa to forthwith stop dumping mining waste near Advalpal rivulet. The Division Bench comprising Justice B P Dharmadhikari and Justice U D Salvi, on pursuing the report submitted by the expert committee, issued direction to stop dumping of mining rejects immediately to contain flooding of the area and destruction of paddy fields.

The residents of Serudandahela area staged a protest against the dumping of garbage in their village by the Naula Pradeshiya Sabha creating a serious health hazard. More than 500 protestors of all walks of life participated.

It would take eight more years before Yamuna can be cleaned, declared Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the floor of the House of Delhi Assembly during the Budget session on Tuesday. The Chief Minister said there is no magic wand to clean Yamuna by 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday that the Yamuna Action Plan I and II have not yielded any tangible result despite crores of rupees having been spent on cleaning the river.

She admitted that the project would take at least seven to eight years to complete.

New Delhi: For all the green concern voiced by the government, the environment sector has got a paltry Rs 129 crore this year

The DJB plans to set up a big sewerage treatment plant for Commonwealth Games 2010.More plants are likely at Delhi Gate, Delhi Cantt, Pappan Kalan and Nilothi.

Greater Dhaka has been a major engine of growth and prosperity in Bangladesh, representing more than 40% of Bangladesh's national GDP. This rapidly growing city of 12 million inhabitants has also emerged as a major hub for over 7000 small and medium scale industries.

Dhakabashi conducted a signature campaign at its office at Hazaribagh in the city yesterday to save the river Buriganga from pollution and encroachment.

Dhakabashi President Md Shukur Salek, Members Md Hatem, Shahin Parvin and Sabina Yasmin spoke on the occasion, says a press release.

MUMBAI: With a rare hope of restoring the marine ecosystem in the `poisonous' Mithi, the city's metropolitan administration now wants the river-turned-nullah's unbearable stink in the BKC area to go.

But this exercise, likely to be implemented after the monsoon, is reportedly aimed at increasing the value of BKC land abutting the river in the real estate market--purely for financial gains.