The pollution monitoring body informed NGT that water samples from multiple locations on the DD-8, a freshwater channel, showed “a high pollution load”.
The report—by a committee chaired by BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy—was tabled in Parliament Tuesday. It also said that cremations on the banks of the Yamuna should be discouraged.
Though only 2 percent of its total length, the 54 km section of the river that flows through Delhi accounts for over 75 percent of its total pollution load.
In Episode 1599, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, joined by Senior Assistant Editor Soumya Pillai, discusses factors contributing to Yamuna’s sorry state & political blame game around it.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's comment had triggered a political row ahead of Delhi Assembly polls to be held on 5 February. EC has asked him to file a more specific & pointed reply by Friday.
The Yamuna has taken centrestage in Delhi’s election campaigns even as a cleanup plan remains in limbo after a tussle for credit between Delhi govt and LG.
Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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