Smriti Kak Ramachandran

Deeksha Chopra | TNN

New Delhi: The water you drink has been tasting funny of late? Well, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has an explanation. It

Facing water shortage, farmers led by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) today held a protest demanding release of water in Western Yamuna canal from Hamida headworks. In view of the BKU threat to open the gates of the headworks, a heavy police force was deployed at the headworks since morning.

The dispute between the irrigation departments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the construction of a check dam in the Chhachhroli area to prevent Yamuna waters from entering villages of this district during the rains was resolved today.

E Sreedharan's strategy to clean and beautify the Yamuna and release land from its riverbed for development and other purposes is not very practical
Busness Standard / New Delhi May 28, 2009, 0:27 IST

NEW DELHI: As against the need to install 15 common effluent treatment plants in Delhi, only 10 have been set up so far for the 51 industrial areas of the Capital at a cost of Rs.256 crore.

New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally set its eyes on completing the second phase of the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP II) in Delhi. The agency says a major part of the project will be completed by March 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games.

Says Interceptors

Environmentalists have called for concerted efforts to elevate Delhi to the status of World Heritage City. The Delhi environment department has started planting trees on Yamuna bank.