Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India &Ors. dated 11/06/2015 regarding the environmental flow of river Yamuna.

The Chairman of the Principal Committee on the project “Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalization Plan, 2017” submited its Report to the Tribunal on 6th May, 2015. Referring to the current situation of the river, it is reported that the river goes dry during the lean season months as only 160 cusecs is released into the rivers from the barrage at Hathnikund which is nearly 230 kms upstream from Delhi. This has also resulted in drastic fall in groundwater levels all along the riparian fringes of the river as there is no water in the river to recharge the groundwater aquifer.