Yamuna Water Quality Dips As Levels of Faecal Bacteria Spike 4,000 Times Above Safe Limit: Report

Yamuna Water Quality Dips As Levels of Faecal Bacteria Spike 4,000 Times Above Safe Limit: Report

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s latest status report also revealed that levels of dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand were also well above the prescribed safe limits.

Environmental Activist Flags Yamuna Floodplain Encroachment, Demands Corrective Steps

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An environmental activist has flagged encroachment of Yamuna floodplains near Wazirabad Barrage area with the dumping of solid waste, and construction of a road and a metro casting yard. India News | Environmental Activist Flags Yamuna Floodplain Encroachment, Demands Corrective Steps.

Letter: Encroachment of Yamuna floodplain near Wazirabad Barrage

All these activities are violative of many NGT orders and several of the government’s own rules. It shows the concerning and disappointing state of affairs of floodplain protection in the national capital. A ground inspection might reveal similar or worse violations taking place all along the floodplain stretch in Delhi.