Delhi High Court Defends Yamuna, CWG Village Construction still Underway
A senior journalist from a European TV channel leans forward to hear Rajendra Singh loud, at the Commonwealth Games village site (November 2007) Even as environmentalists across the city raised massive...
View ArticleYamuna’s Fury in Delhi, A Nature’s Reminder to All
Chanting to their lungs capacity, the praise of Lord Ganesh, “Ganpati Bappa Morya, Mangal Murti Moraya”, along the banks of River Yamuna, thousands of devotees assembled to bid farewell to the Lord of...
View ArticleFloodplain Encroachment: Commonwealth Games’ Irreversible Damage to Delhi’s...
Satellite image of River Yamuna and its floodplain (in lean period) clearly shows the encroachment that may have intensified floods in Delhi this year If you think the massive traffic jams, national...
View ArticleWhat Did You Learn From Your Father Dear India?
File photo: Rajendera Singh being interviewed by Swiss media over the Satyagrah against the construction of the CWG Village on the Yamuna floodplain in Delhi. Bapu was witness to the Satyagrah (that...
View ArticleTake the ‘Be Water Wise’ Pledge this World Water Day
If we are what we eat, and some of what we eat comes from farming on the Yamuna River floodplains, then we are pretty much what the status of river Yamuna in Delhi is! The vegetables and produce grown...
View ArticleEarthquake Epicentering Closer Home, Delhi Needs All the Godliness
The Wednesday quake measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale reminded us that the city is located in Seismic Zone IV and lies among high-risk areas in terms of earthquake frequency and intensity.
View ArticleBeware: Toxins on Your Plate
Vegetables grown along River Yamuna, in its floodplain in the NCT of Delhi, are being reported to be laden with heavy metals and pesticides. Despite this, regulation and check on pollution control are...
View ArticleYamuna Rises from the Ashes to Reclaim Its Floodplain
The legal and illegal encroachment of the floodplain of River Yamuna should have been checked timely by the Delhi state administration. It is now being checked by River Yamuna itself.
View ArticleGlobal Village: Another Event, Just Another Problem for Yamuna
As if all the dumping of untreated sewage and the upcoming Commonwealth Games wasn’t enough a month long Global Village festival is planned on Yamuna’s
View ArticleDeconstructing the Yamuna Floodplains
This is what mindless construction on the Mithi river of Mumbai led to back in 2005. The land-deprived city of Mumbai – a city lying adjascent
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