Officials suspended for not removing encroachment from Govardhan Parikrama
Two senior forest officials were suspended by the National Green Tribunal, after they were found guilty of non compliance of its order. The NGT...
Rainfall breaks 50-year record in Mathura, flood alert sounded
With a record rainfall of 190 mm in 16 hours over the weekend, the highest in the last 50 years, Mathura has been under...
Uttarakhand HC declares Ganga, Yamuna living entities, gives them legal rights
The Uttarakhand high court on Monday declared the Ganga and Yamuna living entities, bestowing on them same legal rights as a person, a move...
Fresh water from Ganga to fill Yamuna for Dussehra
It seems oddly appropriate that Ganges water should be diverted to the Yamuna for the Ganga Dusserha celebrations on June 14. That Srimati Ganga...
Braj Parikrama Marg in poor shape, complaints made
The Braj 84-kos parikrama marg going from Mathura is in pathetic shape, which the coming of the rainy season has made even worse. Pit-holes...
Green Court came down heavily on the Riverfront Development Project
The National Green tribunal came down heavily on the UP irrigation department on Thursday for starting construction on Yamuna, violating the laws. It directed...
30 deaths per week on Yamuna Expressway: Speeding main cause
The Uttar Pradesh traffic department on Tuesday released the comparative data of fatalities at Yamuna Expressway, which shows an overall 98% rise in deaths...
River pollution in Bangladesh
Unabated atrocity on people's right to safe water
A. Introduction:
a. Bangladesh is a deltaic land created & flown over by numerous rivers; the land...
Age old Yamuna Ghats on the verge of extinction
The effect of the unplanned and arbitrary execution of the River Front Development Project in Vrindavan by the State Irrigation Department has caused irreparable...
India’s Biggest Clean Up Effort
by Ryan Frantz folomojo.com
India’s largest socially-led cleaning initiative is happening in Chennai. The city is waging a war against plastic. Attention must be paid.
Plastic...