NEW DELHI: Delhi govt is preparing to move National Green Tribunal seeking permission to dredge the Yamuna riverbed in the city. The decision has been taken as Delhi has faced urban flooding repeatedly and the Yamuna’s water-carrying capacity has shrunk here.Minister Parvesh Verma said the proposal was aimed at reviving the river’s natural flow, easing…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has directed a shutdown of traffic on the Old Railway Bridge starting Tuesday evening, as the Yamuna is forecast to touch the evacuation mark of 206 metres. According to officials, heavy water discharge from the Hathnikund Barrage pushed the river’s level to 204.94 metres at 5 pm…
Hathnikund barrage releases over 1.78 lakh cusecs of water YAMUNANAGAR: The Yamuna River, which had remained calm for nearly six weeks, surged into spate on Saturday following heavy rainfall in the hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. As a precaution, all 18 gates of the Hathnikund Barrage in Yamunanagar district were opened for the…
देश के गृह मंत्री अमित शाह की अध्यक्षता में शुक्रवार (11 जुलाई, 2025) को गृहमंत्रालय में यमुना की सफाई पर उच्च स्तरीय समीक्षा बैठक हुई, जिसमें दिल्ली की मुख्यमंत्री रेखा गुप्ता, देश के केंद्रीय जल शक्ति मंत्री सी आर पाटिल, देश के शहरी विकास मंत्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर, दिल्ली के मुख्य सचिव और केंद्र सरकार…
NEW DELHI: In keeping with the promise made by BJP in its Delhi poll manifesto — of cleaning and revitalising the Yamuna river — home minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a high-level meeting on rejuvenation of the river and stressed on the need for Delhi to work with the neighbouring states to check the…
NEW DELHI: Marking 100 days of BJP governance in Delhi, chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday took a holy dip in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar and vowed to replicate the sanctity of the river in Delhi by cleaning the Yamuna.“It is a feeling of immense joy,” said CM Gupta. “After performing…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta and her ministers on Thursday hit the ground running with focus on “Maa Yamuna.” The chief minister attended a grand “Yamuna Aarti” on Vasudev ghat before chairing her first cabinet meeting which announced implementation of the Ayushman Bharat scheme – one of the key poll promises made by…
PM Modi Mahakumbh Snan: प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी प्रयागराज महाकुंभ में पहुंचे जहां उन्होंने पवित्र त्रिवेणी संगम में आस्था की डुबकी लगाई. उनके साथ उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ और कई साधु-संत भी मौजूद रहे. संगम स्नान के बाद पीएम मोदी विशेष पूजा-अर्चना में शामिल हुए. इस दौरान कुंभ नगरी में भक्तों और श्रद्धालुओं की…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah lashed out at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over his “BJP poisoning Yamuna” remark, saying the ex-Delhi CM should name the poison instead of doing “petty politics”.Addressing a rally in Rohini on Thursday, Shah said Kejriwal made the claim “only to win elections” as he “sensed defeat” in the…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday responded to the Election Commission over the allegations he made against BJP government in Haryana of ‘mixing poison in Yamuna water’. EC on Tuesday had served notice to Kejriwal, asking him to prove his claim to avoid legal troubles that could lead…