Yamuna
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Ganga, Yamuna have legal rights like humans. Read why
India | Mar 21, 2017, 08:38 PM ISTIndia's two most sacred rivers, Ganga and Yamuna, have the status of a legal person with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities.
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SYL canal row: Won't share a drop of Punjab water, says CM after SC verdict
National | Nov 10, 2016, 08:32 PM ISTSYL canal controversy: SC quashes state’s act 2004, orders resumption of dam work; Cong MLAs resign
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Delhi: Old Yamuna bridge closed after water crosses danger mark
India | Aug 14, 2016, 07:50 AM ISTThe old Yamuna iron bridge that connects east Delhi with the National Capital was closed on Saturday as the water level rose due to discharge of water from a barrage in Haryana, prompting the Delhi
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At least Rs 120 crore needed to restore Yamuna floodplain: Expert panel
India | Mar 11, 2016, 10:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: A four-member expert committee set up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to inspect the site on the Yamuna flood plain where the World Culture Festival is being organised by Sri Sri Ravi
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Sri Sri event: Delhi Police prepares status report; steps up security
India | Mar 10, 2016, 09:07 PM ISTA day before the controversy-ridden World Culture Festival kicks off, Delhi Police today prepared a status report and listed several shortcomings in the arrangements for the mega event that is being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living
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AAP Minister wrote to Parrikar for Army's help in Sri Sri's event
National | Mar 10, 2016, 09:13 AM ISTAmid row over deployment of Army jawans for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s event on the Yamuna floodplains, a report has emerged claiming that it was AAP government’s Water Resource Minister Kapil Mishra who had written a letter to Union Defense Ministry urg
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NGT gives conditional nod to Sri Sri event, imposes Rs 5 cr fine on AOL
India | Mar 09, 2016, 06:05 PM ISTAfter a lot of fiddling around, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has finally given its green signal to the World Culture Festival being organised on the banks of Yamuna River by the Art of Living Foundation of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
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Why no clearance needed: NGT asks MoEF on Sri Sri event
India | Mar 08, 2016, 08:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: In its hearing on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living three-day 'World Culture Festival', the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today questioned the Centre as to why there wasn't a need of environmental
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Delhi faces water woes as ammonia levels rise in Yamuna
India | Jan 20, 2016, 11:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: The national capital today woke up to an acute shortage of water as the supply came to a halt in large parts of Delhi, including the Lutyens' VIP zone, as high ammonia level
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No more industrial, domestic sewage in Yamuna: Delhi CM Kejriwal
National | Nov 13, 2015, 10:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: To reduce pollution in the Yamuna, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced that untreated water, including industrial and domestic sewage, will not be allowed to flow into the river.Speaking on the
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NGT bans both legal, illegal sand mining on Yamuna
India | Nov 02, 2015, 06:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today banned sand mining on the Yamuna after a plea alleged that some private firms were engaged in the activity and a temporary bridge was made on the river
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No construction on Barapullah project without green nod: National Green Tribunal
India | Oct 27, 2015, 06:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has prohibited construction work on the third phase of Barapullah elevated road here which connects Sarai Kale Khan with Mayur Vihar without prior environmental clearance. A bench headed by
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River activists, environmentalists walk to save Yamuna
India | Oct 12, 2015, 12:49 PM ISTAgra: Hundreds of river activists and environmentalists organized a walk demanding release of water in Yamuna and speed up cleaning programmes to save the river from further degradation.The march, a part of the River Connect
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Yamuna will be clean in three years: Delhi minister Kapil Mishra
National | Sep 16, 2015, 03:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The now polluted Yamuna river will be cleaned within the next three years, asserted Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday while conducting a boat-ride inspection of the national capital's lifeline."The Yamuna river
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Uma Bharti meets Kejriwal, discusses plan to clean Yamuna
National | Aug 08, 2015, 05:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre and the Delhi Government today agreed to setup a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to clean and rejuvenate river Yamuna for which a blueprint would be prepared in 45 days.Union Water Resources
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National Green Tribunal bans burning of garbage in Vrindavan
India | Jul 23, 2015, 07:41 AM ISTVrindavan: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered a ban on burning of waste in this holy town in Uttar Pradesh.On a petition filed by activist Madhu Mangal Shukla, the tribunal asked the municipality
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NGT imposes fine on Delhi's Akshardham temple
India | Jul 10, 2015, 11:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today slapped a fine on the Akshardham temple management for carrying out expansion without prior environmental clearance and asked a committee on revitalization of Yamuna to examine whether the
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Two new projects for reducing Yamuna pollution: government
India | May 11, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Two projects have been sanctioned in Sonepat and Panipat towns at a cost of Rs 217.87 crore for abating pollution of river Yamuna, Rajya Sabha was informed today.In his reply, Minister of State
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Clean Ganga not possible without clean Yamuna: Bharti
National | Apr 06, 2015, 08:26 PM ISTMathura: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati has said the Centre will soon start fulfilling the promises made for cleaning up River Yamuna.Saying that the government is committed to the cause of cleaning up the
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Be united for Yamuna's cause: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
India | Feb 25, 2015, 10:44 PM ISTMathura: Seemingly worried over the present state of Yamuna here, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today called for a joint effort by the people to make the polluted river clean again.Ravi Shankar was here