With the state governments of Delhi and Haryana passing the buck about high pollution levels of Yamuna, a team of activists associated with the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJA), a civil society group fighting to conserve the Yamuna river system found that most of Haryana's sewage treatment plants (STP) are not functional or functioning below capacity.
Yamunanagar, Ambala districts worst affected
National Highways 73 and 73A still closed
Faridabad faces flood threat
CHANDIGARH: The flood situation in Haryana turned grim on Thursday with Yamunanagar and Ambala districts worst affected due to heavy rain in the region for the past two days.
Official sources said nearly 100 villages are flooded in Yamunanagar district as the Yamuna and seaso
A relief of Rs 94.93 crore will be paid to farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent floods in Haryana.
This figure has been calculated as per the state norms on the basis of damage to crops assessed through a special girdawari.
This was revealed at a meeting of the state-level committee constituted to administer the Haryana Calamity Relief Fund, which was chaired by Chief Secretary Urv
Sonepat/Yamunangar: Yamuna flowing much above the danger mark on Friday posed a threat to Delhi following the release of 2.8 lakh cusecs of water from Tajewala reservoir near Yamunanagar in Haryana on Thursday.
Swollen Yamuna triggers panic in 100 villages
Kiran Deep
Yamunanagar, August 19
Agricultural land in at least 25 villages located in low- lying areas were submerged in water and a check dam in Khilonwala washed away this morning due to the overflowing Yamuna.
The situation turned worse after 2.8 lakh cusecs of water was released into the Yamuna from the Hathnikund barrage in Chhachhrauli
Yamunanagar: The Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme, a Central government scheme, has brought a new hope for slum dwellers living in unhygienic conditions and deprived of basic amenities in the district.
A preliminary report prepared by the district administration has stated that the overflow of the Yamuna river has destroyed crops spread over 11,000 acres and damaged 118 houses in 62 villages of five tehsils of the district.
The report comprising details of damages suffered by the farmers from September 10 to 14 was today sent to the government by DC Amit Kumar Agarwal.
